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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 31 May 2007
- ISBN 9780199228058
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages154 pages
- Size 201x135x10 mm
- Weight 195 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
David Brink presents a study of T. H. Green's Prolegomena to Ethics (1883), a classic of British idealism. Green develops a perfectionist ethical theory that brings together the best elements in the ancient and modern traditions and that provides the moral foundations for Green's own influential brand of liberalism. Brink's book situates the Prolegomena in its intellectual context, examines its main themes, and explains Green's enduring significance for the history of ethics and contemporary ethical theory.
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David Brink presents a study of T. H. Green's classic Prolegomena to Ethics (1883) and its role in his philosophical thought. Green is one of the two most important figures in the British idealist tradition, and his political writings and activities had a profound influence on the development of Liberal politics in Britain.
The Prolegomena is his major philosophical work. It begins with his idealist attack on empiricist metaphysics and epistemology and develops a perfectionist ethical theory that aims to bring together the best elements in the ancient and modern traditions, and that provides the moral foundations for Green's own distinctive brand of liberalism. Brink aims to restore the Prolegomena to its rightful place in the history of philosophy by providing a prolegomenon to the Prolegomena - one that situates the work in its intellectual context, sympathetically but critically engages its main themes, and explains Green's enduring significance for the history of ethics and contemporary ethical theory. Brink examines Green's life and work, his idealist attack on empiricism, his conception of agency, his perfectionist ethics of self-realization, the connections he draws between perfectionism and the common good, his conception of the differences between perfectionism and utilitarianism, and the connections between his perfectionism and his defense of a new form of political liberalism.
Because Green develops his own views out of an examination of other traditions in the history of ethics, a fair assessment of Green's own contributions must compare his claims with the traditions that he examines and sometimes criticizes. Brink's study examines Green's relation to Aristotle, Locke, Hume, Butler, Mill, Kant, Hegel, Bradley, and Sidgwick, and concludes by examining Green's legacy for ethical theory. Perfectionism and the Common Good will be of substantial interest to students and scholars of the history of ethics, ethical theory, political philosophy, and nineteenth century philosophy.
Brink is successful in his effort to convince his readers that Green is a very reflective interpreter of both Aristotle and Kant, an interpreter who articulates Aristotle's and Kant's considered views better than these two thinkers themselves did. ...this is a short, crisp, readable book that makes one want to read Brink's new edition of Green's Prolegomena, both for the purpose of getting a fuller picture of the history of ethical theory as well as for the purpose of developing the best possible contemporary ethical theory.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Green's Life and Work
Green's Metaphysics and Epistemology
The Attack on Empiricism with Atomism
Idealism
Absolute Idealism
Nonnaturalism
Self-Consciousness and Epistemic Responsibility
Self-Consciousness and Practical Responsibility
Desire, Intellect, and Will
Pursuit of a Personal Good
Psychological Hedonism and the Good
Mill and Evaluative Hedonism
Self-Realization and the Good
Self-Realization and the Common Good
Aristotelian Friendship
Intrinsic Concern for Others
The Scope of the Common Good
Impartiality and the Common Good
Moderate and Extreme Harmony of Interests
Liberalism and Extreme Harmony
Absolute Idealism and Extreme Harmony
Self-Realization vs. Utilitarianism
From Perfectionism to Liberalism
Influences on Green
Green and Kant
Green's Impact
Green and Bradley
Green and Sidgwick
Green's Legacy
Bibliographical Essay
