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CAMBRIDGE The Political Philosophy of the British Idealists Selected Studies 2009 Edition by Peter P. Nicholson
This book offers a reassessment of the political philosophy of the British Idealists, a group of once influential and now neglected nineteenth-century Hegelian philosophers, whose work has been much misunderstood. Peter Nicholson focuses on F. H. Bradley's idea of morality and moral philosophy; T. H. Green's theory of the Common Good, of the social nature of rights, of freedom, and of state interference; and Bernard Bosanquet's notorious theory of the General Will. By examining the arguments offered by the Idealists and by their critics the author is able to penetrate the deep layers of hostile comment laid down by several generations of later writers and to show that these ideas, once properly understood, are not only defensible but interesting and important. Table of contents :- Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Study 1. Bradley's theory of morality; Study 2. Green and the common good; Study 3. Green, rights and property; Study 4. Green's theory of freedom; Study 5. Green and state action; Study 6. Bosanquet and the general will Bibliography.