Thomas Hill Green

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Thomas Hill Green was a 19th-century British philosopher and political theorist, a leading figure in British Idealism and an influential liberal thinker on ethics, freedom, and the role of the state.

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instanceOf British Idealist philosopher
human
liberal thinker
philosopher
political theorist
advocated extension of education
social legislation to promote welfare
temperance reform
almaMater Balliol College, Oxford
birthDate 1836-04-07
birthPlace Birkin, Yorkshire, England
causeOfDeath blood poisoning
citizenship British subject
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1882-03-26
denomination Anglican
employer Balliol College, Oxford
era 19th-century philosophy
familyName Green
father Valentine Green
fieldOfWork ethics
metaphysics
political philosophy
givenName Thomas
influenced British social liberalism
linked to: New Liberalism

John Dewey
L. T. Hobhouse
influencedBy British liberal tradition
G. W. F. Hegel
Immanuel Kant
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainInterest ethics
role of the state
theory of freedom
mother Frances Green
movement British Idealism
linked to: British idealism
name Thomas Hill Green
nationality British
notableIdea common good as basis of political obligation
positive concept of freedom
state as enabler of individual self-realization
notableWork Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation
Prolegomena to Ethics
occupation philosopher
political theorist
philosophicalSchool absolute idealism
politicalAlignment liberalism
positionHeld Whyte's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford
religion Christianity
sibling Edward Green
spouse Charlotte Byron Symonds
workLocation Oxford, England
linked to: Oxford

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