Longing for the Good: The Growth of Moral Order in the Ethics of F. H. Bradley

Bradley's critique of abstract, atomic individualism in social and political theory addresses persistent shortcomings of liberalism. At the same time, his account of the growth of moral order in the individual offers a counterweight to excessively organicist theories of the moral self, which dissolve it into social context and undercut the possibility of non-social, non-trivial moral norms. This thesis argues that Bradley avoids this by complementing the contextual determination of individual ends with a developmental moral psychology that provides a conception of human nature and specific ends which are not socially formed, and develops more fully his conception of the community as the embodiment of moral order.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Philosophy

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Green, Craig Steven

• Philosophy

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9411638

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72604