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Thomas Hill Green (7 April 1836 – 15 March 1882) was an English philosopher, political radical and temperance reformer, and a member of the British idealism movement. Like all the British idealists, Green was influenced by the metaphysical historicism of G.W.F. Hegel. He was one of the thinkers behind the philosophy of social liberalism. == Life == Green was born at Birkin, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, where his father was rector. On the paternal side, he was descended from Thomas Cromwell. His education was conducted entirely at home until, at the age of 14, he entered Rugby, where he remained for five years. In 1855, he became an undergraduate member of Balliol College, Oxford, and was elected fellow in 1860. He began a life of teaching (mainly philosophical) in the university – first as college tutor, afterwards, from 1878 until his death, as Whyte's Professor of Moral Philosophy. The lectures he delivered as professor form the substance of his two most important works, viz, the ''(Prolegomena to Ethics )'' and the ''(Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation )'',which contain the whole of his positive constructive teaching. These works were not published until after his death, but Green's views were previously known indirectly through the ''Introduction'' to the standard edition of Hume's works by Green and T. H. Grose, fellow of Queen's College, in which the doctrine of the "English" or "empirical" philosophy was exhaustively examined.〔'The Philosophical Works of David Hume'', ed. by T.H. Green and T.H. Grose, 4 vol. (1882–86)〕 Green was involved in local politics for many years, through the University, temperance societies and the local Oxford Liberal association. During the passage of the Second Reform Act, he campaigned for the franchise to be extended to all men living in boroughs, even if they did not own real property. In this sense, Green's position was more radical than that of most other Advanced Liberals, including Gladstone. It was in the context of his Liberal party activities that in 1881 Green gave what became one of his most famous statements of his liberal political philosophy, the ''Lecture on Liberal Legislation and Freedom of Contract.''〔()〕 At this time, he was also lecturing on religion, epistemology, ethics and political philosophy. Most of his major works were published posthumously, including his lay sermons on ''Faith and The Witness of God'', the essay ''On the Different Senses of "Freedom" as Applied to Will and the Moral Progress of Man'', ''Prolegomena to Ethics'', ''Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation'', and the ''Lecture on Liberal Legislation and Freedom of Contract''. Green died of blood poisoning on 15 March 1882, age 45. In addition to Green's friends from his academic life, approximately two thousand local townspeople attended his funeral. He helped to found the City of Oxford High School for Boys. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Hill Green」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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