Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
List of Abbreviations Preface Introduction Green's Transcendental Theory of Human Practice Green's Phenomenological Moral Theory Green's Theory of the Common Good Positive and Negative Freedom: Green's Contribution to the Debate Rights in Green's Political Theory: Universal or Historical? Conclusion Bibliography Index
Synopsis
This book offers a new phenomenological, interpretation of T.H. Green's (1836-1882) philosophy and political theory. By analysing in turn his theory of human practice, the moral idea, the common good, freedom and human rights, the book demonstrates that Green falls into the same tradition as Kantian and Husserlian transcendentalism. The book offers a reconstruction of Green's idealism and demonstrates its potential to address contemporary debates on the nature of moral agency, positive and negative freedom and on justifying human rights.