Civil Society, Capitalism and the State电子书

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Front matter

Title page

Copyright page

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Preface

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1 - From Metaphysics to Practical Philosophy

I - Introduction: Green’s Intertwining of Philosophy and Practice

II - Green’s Purpose and Philosophical Method

III - The Eternal Consciousness and the Separateness of Personalities

IV - Self-construction and True Freedom

V - The Structure of the Present Book

2 - Social Practices and the True Good

I - Introduction

II - Green’s Conception of the True Good

III - The Dangers of Imposing an Organic Metaphor onto Green’s Social Ontology

IV - Green’s Relational Social Ontology

V - Value Pluralism and the True Good

VI - Conclusion

3 - The Common Good

I - Introduction

II - The Philosophical Derivation of the Common Good

III - Common Goods, Moral Freedom and Green’s Eudaimonic ‘Kingdom of Ends’

IV - The Non-competitiveness of the Common Good

V - How Selfless Does Green Want Us to Be?

VI - Social Justice and the Common Good

VII - Personal Perspective and the Common Good

VIII - Conclusion

4 - The Social Reformer as the Self-realising Individual

I - Introduction

II - Self-alienation as the Motor of Reform

III - Social Criticism and Personal Conscience

IV - Perplexities of Conscience

V - Citizenship and the ‘Cunning of Reason’

VI - Conscientious Action and Spiritual Determinism

VII - Conclusion

5 - Further Issues Regarding Green’s Attitude to Progress

I - Introduction

II - Italy, Mazzinianism and the Progress of Humanity

III - Spiritual Determinism and Human Development

IV - How Useful is Green’s Criterion of Development?

V - Conclusion

6 - Recognition, Rights, Duties and Obligations

I - Introduction

II - Preliminaries: Moral Duties, Legal Obligations and the Natural Rights Tradition

III - Green and Fichte on Community, Rights and Recognition

IV - Clarifying Confusions Over Recognition

V - The Environment, Animals, the Disabled and the Unborn

VI - Green’s Theory of Punishment

VII - Summary and Conclusion

7 - Sovereignty and the Greenian State

I - Introduction

II - Green’s Theory of the State, Sovereignty and Political Obligation

III - The Appropriate Areas for State Action

IV - The Practical Determination of State Intervention

VI - Green, Mazzini and Educational Reform

V - Practical Reason and the Limits of Political Philosophy

VII - Conclusion

8 - Democracy and the Conscientious Rebel

I - Introduction

II - Democratic Participation

III - Cultural Diversity and the Greenian State

IV - Political Change, Rebellion and Dissent

V - Spiritual Determinism

VI - Conclusion

9 - The Principles of Green’s Political Economy

I - Introduction

II - Property, Utility and Self-realisation

III - Free Exchange, Free Trade and Capitalism

IV - Some Other Possible Criticisms of the Principles of Green’s Political Economy

V - Conclusion

10 - Capitalism, Cooperatives, Trade Unions and the Welfare State

I - Introduction

II - Green, the New Liberalism and the Right of Bequest

III - Land and the Technostructure

IV - Green and Mazzini on Welfarism and Trade Unions

V - Green’s Political Economy and the British Socialist Tradition

VI - Conclusion

11 - Conclusion

I - Introduction

II - The Metaphysics of Self-realisation and Freedom

III - Civil Society, Capitalism and the State

IV - Final Thoughts

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Bibliography

A - T.H. Green’s Writings

B - Archival Sources Used

C - Secondary Literature Used

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