Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation and Other Writings - Softcover

Green, Thomas Hill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521278104 ISBN 13: 9780521278102

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1986

Synopsis

This book contains the political writing of T. H. Green and selections from those of his ethical writings which bear on his political philosophy. Green's best known work, Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation, is included in full, as are the essay on freedom and the lecture 'Liberal Legislation and Freedom of Contract'. There are also extracts from Green's lectures on the English Revolution and from the Prolegomena to Ethics, and a number of previously unpublished essays and notes. All the texts have been corrected against Green's manuscripts, held in Balliol College. The editors have provided a list of variants, full notes and an introductory essay on the importance of Green's form of revitalised liberalism. The volume will be a valuable sourcebook for students of Green's thought and the history of nineteenth-century liberalism.

About this title

Book Description:

Contains the political writing of T. H. Green as well as selections from his ethical writings that relate to his political philosophy. Also includes extracts from his lectures on the English Revolution, the "Prologomena to Ethics," as well as a number of previously unpublished essays and notes.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0521278104
• ISBN 13: 9780521278102
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 396
• Editor: Harris Paul, Morrow John