Prolegomena to Ethics (Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy) - Softcover

Green, T. H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108040322 ISBN 13: 9781108040327

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

T. H. Green (1836–82) was a leading member of the British Idealist movement, which adopted the continental philosophy of Hegel and Kant while rejecting utilitarianism. As well as being a prominent philosopher, Green was an influential educational reformer and an active member of the Liberal party. Green's writings can be placed into three categories: religion, philosophy and politics. This work was the most complete statement of Green's philosophy, although it remained unfinished at his death (though parts had been published in the philosophical review Mind in 1882). Edited by A. C. Bradley, a former student and brother of Green's fellow Idealist F.H. Bradley, the book, which contains four parts (on metaphysics, the will, the moral ideal and progress, and the application of moral philosophy to the guidance of conduct), was published posthumously in 1883. Like other Idealists, Green criticised empiricism for creating an unnecessary dualism between thought and the real.

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Book Description

T. H. Green (1836-82) was a leading member of the British Idealist movement which adopted continental philosophy and rejected utilitarianism. This was the most complete statement of Green's philosophy, although it remained unfinished at his death. It was edited by his former student A. C. Bradley, and published in 1883.

About the Author

T. H. Green is at (1836-1882) White's Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Oxford. David O. Brink is at Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108040322
• ISBN 13: 9781108040327
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 468
• Editor: Bradley A. C.