Table of Contents
Part 1 of The Liberal Socialism of Thomas Hill Green
Preface ix
Abbreviations xii
Chapter 1 Introduction to The Liberal Socialism of Thomas Hill Green 1
I Aim and Scope of The Liberal Socialism of Thomas Hill Green 1
II Green and the Socialist Tradition 2
III Green's 'Liberal Socialism' 9
IV Conclusion 13
Chapter 2 Green as a Systematic Philosopher 15
I Introduction 15
II Conventional Prejudices, 'Popular Philosophy' and Religion 16
III The Wider Intellectual Influences on Green 24
IV Green's Philosophical System 34
V Conclusion 43
Chapter 3 The 'Metaphysics of Experience or Knowledge' 45
I Introduction 45
II The Methods and Formal Conditions for Gaining 'Experience or Knowledge' 49
III Experience and Sensations 55
IV Related Objects 60
V Knowledge as Self-expression 65
Chapter 4 The Eternal Consciousness 69
I Individual Persons and the Eternal Consciousness 69
II Process of Individual Self-realisation 77
III Conclusion 84
Chapter 5 Distinctively Human Action and the Unconscious 87
I Introduction 87
II The Disputes Over Green and the Will 88
III The 'Distinctively Human' and the 'Animal' in the Individual 91
IV Emanation, Sublimation and the Unconscious 97
V Conclusion 108
Chapter 6 Freedom, Choice and Responsibility 109
I Introduction 109
II Formal Freedom and the Personal Good 110
III True Freedom 114
IV Character as the Basis of Agency 120
V Green's Allegedly Self-interventionist Theory of Free Will 121
VI 'Determinist'/'Indeterminist' Debate 125
VII Spiritual Determinism and the Self-realisation of the Human Spirit 126
VIII The Problem of Moral Responsibility 131
IX Conclusion 137
Chapter 7 Personality, Utilitarianism and the True Good 141
I Introduction 141
II A First Look at the Ethics of Duty and the Ethics of Flourishing 142
III Personal Judgement and the Failure of Utilitarian Ethics 148
IV Personality and the True Good 154
V Some Objections Considered 158
Chapter 8 Culture, Consequentialism and Duty 163
I Introduction 163
II Cultural Contexts of Individual Personality 164
III A Second Look at the Ethics of Duty and the Ethics of Flourishing 171
IV John Skorupski and G.E. Moore 173
V Green and Consequentialism 177
VI Conclusion 182
Chapter 9 Review of the Argument so Far 185
Appendix: Herbert Spencer, Richard Hodgson, jnr., and 'Professor Green as a Critic' 187
Bibliography 191
Index 207
