T.h. Green's Theory of Positive Freedom

Int his new and entirely revised edition of this study of Green's theory of positive freedom, Ben Wempe argues that the far-reaching and beneficial influence of Green's political doctrine, on public policy as well as in the field of political theory, was founded on a misinterpretation of his philosophical stand, since the metaphysical basis on which Green argued for his political position was largely neglected. The book discusses Green's philosophical development and examines the important, hitherto underrated, influence of Hegel's Propadeutik, into the formation of his philosphical opinions.

Ben Wempe lectures on Business & Society at the Rotterdam School of Management at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Green's philosophical development	p. 11
Misapprehensions as to Hegel's intellectual influence on Green	p. 13
Green's study of Hegel	p. 20
The Philosophische Propadeutik	p. 25
The parallel structure of epistemology and psychology in the Propadeutik	p. 35
Insights Green derived from the Propadeutik	p. 44
Green and Aristotle	p. 49
Conclusion	p. 55
Certain primary problems	p. 57
The function of idealist metaphysics in Green's moral philosophy	p. 59
The structure of Green's argument in Prolegomena	p. 63
Metaphysics of knowledge	p. 67
The teleological principle in reality	p. 71
Teleology, time and eternity	p. 81
Green's general metaphysics and its critics	p. 85
Green's doctrine of the self-assertion of reason in his unpublished lectures	p. 92
Conclusion	p. 105
Positive freedom	p. 107
Green's theory of positive freedom in his political speech	p. 108
Metaphysical foundations of Green's positive concept of freedom	p. 116
Positive freedom and political obligation	p. 129
The relationship of morality and politics in Green's earlier lectures	p. 140
Conclusion	p. 153
Theory and practice	p. 155
Politics in mid-Victorian England	p. 157
Theory and practice in Green's thinking	p. 164
Green's criticism of utilitarian social theory	p. 170
The logic of classical liberal political theory	p. 174
The professorial lectures on utilitarianism	p. 177
Green and Mill	p. 185
Conclusion	p. 190
Positive freedom revisited	p. 193
Positive freedom in theory and practice, 1882-1950	p. 195
Twentieth century conceptual criticism of Green	p. 201
Berlin's two concepts of liberty	p. 211
A rejoinder to twentieth century criticism of Green	p. 219
On political theory	p. 223
Conclusion	p. 227
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