The Moral, Social and Political Philosophy of the British Idealists

The Moral, Social and Political Philosophy of the British Idealists
Author: William Sweet
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2017-03-17
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1845405331

The British idealists of the late 19th and early 20th century are best known for their contributions to metaphysics, logic, and political philosophy. Yet they also made important contributions to social and public policy, social and moral philosophy and moral education, as shown by this volume. Their views are not only important in their own right, but also bear on contemporary discussion in public policy and applied ethics. Among the authors discussed are Green, Caird, Ritchie, Bradley, Bosanquet, Jones, McTaggart, Pringle-Pattison, Webb, Ward, Mackenzie, Hetherington, Muirhead, Collingwood and Oakeshott. The writings of idealist philosophers from Canada, South Africa, and India are also examined. Contributors include Avital Simhony, Darin Nesbitt, Carol A. Keene, Stamatoula Panagakou, David Boucher, Leslie Armour, Jan Olof Bengtsson, Thom Brooks, James Connelly, Philip MacEwen, Efraim Podoksik, Elizabeth Trott and William Sweet.

British Idealism: A History

British Idealism: A History
Author: W. J. Mander
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 622
Release: 2011-05-12
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199559295

British philosophy in the last third of the nineteenth and first third of the twentieth centuries.

The Moral, Social and Political Philosophy of the British Idealists

The Moral, Social and Political Philosophy of the British Idealists
Author: William Sweet
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 475
Release: 2017-03-17
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1845405323

The British idealists of the late 19th and early 20th century are best known for their contributions to metaphysics, logic, and political philosophy. Yet they also made important contributions to social and public policy, social and moral philosophy and moral education, as shown by this volume. Their views are not only important in their own right, but also bear on contemporary discussion in public policy and applied ethics. Among the authors discussed are Green, Caird, Ritchie, Bradley, Bosanquet, Jones, McTaggart, Pringle-Pattison, Webb, Ward, Mackenzie, Hetherington, Muirhead, Collingwood and Oakeshott. The writings of idealist philosophers from Canada, South Africa, and India are also examined. Contributors include Avital Simhony, Darin Nesbitt, Carol A. Keene, Stamatoula Panagakou, David Boucher, Leslie Armour, Jan Olof Bengtsson, Thom Brooks, James Connelly, Philip MacEwen, Efraim Podoksik, Elizabeth Trott and William Sweet.

British Idealism and the Concept of the Self

British Idealism and the Concept of the Self
Author: W. J. Mander
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2016-09-26
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1137466715

This book reassesses the origins, development and legacy of the philosophy of the British idealists, demonstrating the enduring relevance of their thought for the modern discipline. This body of work coheres around the single unifying theme of the self – a concept of central importance to the idealist school. Particular attention is also paid to the many connections that hold between various philosophers and branches of philosophy, as well as creating a set of continuously running dialogues between contributing authors. Readers will discover a comprehensive, stimulating and sharply focused panorama of British idealist thought, which will be useful to philosophers, historians of ideas, political and social theorists, psychologists, and policy-makers who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the citizen as a self.

British Idealism and Political Theory

British Idealism and Political Theory
Author: David Boucher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9780748614288

This book offers an introduction to British Idealism through a study of each of the seven key thinkers - T. H. Green, Bernard Bosanquet, F. H. Bradley, Henry Jones, David Ritchie, R. G. Collingwood and Michael Oakeshott.

The Political Philosophy of the British Idealists

The Political Philosophy of the British Idealists
Author: Peter P. Nicholson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 1990-01-26
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521371025

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.

Anglo-American Idealism

Anglo-American Idealism
Author: James Connelly
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2010
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9783039108954

This volume is devoted to a critical discussion and re-appraisal of the work of Anglo-American Idealists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Idealism was the dominant philosophy in Britain and the entire English-speaking world during the last decades of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. The British Idealists made important contributions to logic, metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of history, philosophy of religion and philosophy of mind. Their legacy awaits further exploration and reassessment, and this book is a contribution to this task. The essays in this collection display many aspects of contemporary concern with idealistic philosophy: they range from treatments of logic to consideration of the Absolute, personal idealism, the philosophy of religion, philosophy of art, philosophy of action, and moral and political philosophy. During the first decade of the twenty-first century, the work of the Anglo-American Idealists has once again been widely discussed and re-considered, and new pathways of research and investigation have been opened.

An Intellectual History of British Social Policy

An Intellectual History of British Social Policy
Author: John Offer
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2006-01-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1861345313

"Drawing on recent historical research, this book: reconsiders and challenges many long-held beliefs about the 'evolution' of social policy; presents a wide-ranging reappraisal of links between social theories and changes in social policy; pays particular attention to the importance of idealist social thought as an intellectual framework for understanding the 'welfare state'; and has a distinctive focus on the importance of ideas in the history of social policy." "The book provides a valuable framework that exposes many of the assumptions about the nature of 'welfare' and its future direction, making it important reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and researchers in the field of social policy."--BOOK JACKET.

The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century

The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century
Author: W. J. Mander
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 673
Release: 2014-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199594473

This is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of the full range of philosophical writing in Britain in the nineteenth century. A team of experts provide new accounts of both major and lesser-known thinkers, and explores the diverse approaches in the period to logic and metaphysics, the passions, morality, criticism, and politics.--

Moral Clarity

Moral Clarity
Author: Susan Neiman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2009-09-06
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0691143897

"Neiman reclaims the vocabulary of morality--good and evil, heroism and nobility--as a lingua franca for the twenty-first century. In constructing a framework for taking responsible action on today's urgent questions, [she] reaches back to the eighteenth century, retrieving a series of values--happiness, reason, reverence, and hope--held high by Enlightenment thinkers. In this ... updated edition, Neiman reflects on how the moral language of the 2008 presidential campaign has opened up new political and cultural possibilities in America and beyond"--Back cover.