T. H. Green

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T. H. Green was a 19th-century British idealist philosopher whose ethical and political thought laid key foundations for modern liberalism’s emphasis on positive freedom and social welfare.

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T. H. Green canonical 12

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instanceOf British idealist philosopher ⓘ
ethicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
political philosopher ⓘ
academicDiscipline philosophy ⓘ
causeOfDeath blood poisoning ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1836-04-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1882-03-26 ⓘ
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford ⓘ
Rugby School ⓘ
employer University of Oxford ⓘ
familyName Green ⓘ
fieldOfWork liberal political theory ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
fullName Thomas Hill Green ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
influenced Bernard Bosanquet ⓘ
British social liberalism ⓘ
John Dewey ⓘ
L. T. Hobhouse ⓘ
New Liberalism ⓘ
R. H. Tawney ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
British empiricism ⓘ
linked to: Empiricism

G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
knownFor defense of state intervention to promote welfare and moral development ⓘ
foundational contributions to modern social liberalism ⓘ
mainInterest ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
movement British idealism ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableIdea common good as basis of rights ⓘ
positive freedom ⓘ
state as enabler of individual self-realization ⓘ
notableWork Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation ⓘ
Prolegomena to Ethics ⓘ
philosophicalSchool absolute idealism ⓘ
linked to: German idealism
placeOfBirth Birkin, Yorkshire, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Oxford, England ⓘ
linked to: Oxford
politicalAlignment liberalism ⓘ
positionHeld Whyte’s Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Edward Green ⓘ
spouse Charlotte Byron Symonds ⓘ
taughtAt Balliol College, Oxford ⓘ
workLocation Oxford ⓘ

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New Liberalism → influencedBy → T. H. Green ⓘ
L. T. Hobhouse → influencedBy → T. H. Green ⓘ
Benjamin Jowett → notableStudent → T. H. Green ⓘ
Prolegomena to Ethics → author → T. H. Green ⓘ
Charlotte Byron Symonds → spouse → T. H. Green ⓘ
Edward Green → sibling → T. H. Green ⓘ
Edward Green → relative → T. H. Green ⓘ
Bernard Bosanquet → influencedBy → T. H. Green ⓘ