Packet 3: Bonus 20
“New liberals” from this philosophical tradition like Bernard Bosanquet (“BO-zan-ket”) and David George Ritchie sought social interventions to promote “self-realization.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this tradition whose British branch borrowed ideas like the “absolute” from Hegel, Schelling, and other thinkers from its German branch.
ANSWER: idealism [or idealists; accept absolute idealism, British idealism, or German idealism]
[10h] New liberalism was influenced by this British idealist, whom Isaiah Berlin contrasted with J. S. Mill as a proponent of “positive liberty.” This early proponent of the welfare state rejected empiricism in his Prolegomena to Ethics.
ANSWER: T. H. Green [or Thomas Hill Green]
[10m] Green took this concept from The Social Contract to reconcile the common good and rights, claiming that it, “not force, is the basis of the state.” For Rousseau, we are “forced to be free” through this impersonal concept.
ANSWER: general will [or volonté générale; prompt on will or volonté]
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