The British Idealists made significant and lasting contributions to the social and political thought of the nineteenth century. They contributed to all the major debates of their day, including evolution, democracy, the role of the state, education and international relations, and are commonly acknowledged as the forerunners of modern communitarian theory. The introduction develops the themes illustrated in the writings of the British Idealists. This volume also contains a biography of the British Idealists that incorporates a guide to their principal works.
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"Boucher's collection...is an excellent entry to a full appreciation of their thought as well as nineteenth-century British poltical thought." Ethics
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The British Idealists made significant and lasting contributions to the social and political thought of the nineteenth century. They contributed to all the major debates of their day, including evolution, democracy, the role of the state, education and international relations and propounded a communitarianism that is the forerunner of Tony Blair's social policy. The introduction develops the themes illustrated in the writings of the British Idealists. This volume also contains a biography of the British Idealists which incorporates their principal works.
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English ethical philosophy is no longer purely individualistic. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
most moral man, biological natural selection, moral organism, active ideas, bad self, ethical man, evolutionary ethics Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ethical Studies, Professor Huxley, Herbert Spencer, Oxford University Press, Clarendon Press, Cambridge University Press, Great Britain, Poetical Works, Poor Law, Bernard Bosanquet, Charles Darwin, Civic Society, Fabian Essays, Fabian Society, New York, The International Crisis, Thomas Carlyle, Lord Acton, Professor Bryce, Stephen Everson, Adam Smith, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Edmund Burke, Elements of the Philosophy of Right, James Bryce New!
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English ethical philosophy is no longer purely individualistic. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
most moral man, biological natural selection, moral organism, active ideas, bad self, ethical man, evolutionary ethics Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ethical Studies, Professor Huxley, Herbert Spencer, Oxford University Press, Clarendon Press, Cambridge University Press, Great Britain, Poetical Works, Poor Law, Bernard Bosanquet, Charles Darwin, Civic Society, Fabian Essays, Fabian Society, New York, The International Crisis, Thomas Carlyle, Lord Acton, Professor Bryce, Stephen Everson, Adam Smith, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Edmund Burke, Elements of the Philosophy of Right, James Bryce New!
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- Perspectives on Social Justice: From Hume to Walzer by David Boucher on 6 pages
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- International Relations in Political Thought: Texts from the Ancient Greeks to the First World War by Chris Brown on page 467, page 469, and Back Matter
- Progressives, Pluralists, and the Problems of the State: Ideologies of Reform in the United States and Britain, 1909-1926 by Marc Stears on page 34, page 37, and Back Matter
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