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Single Idea 23052
[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 4. Citizenship
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Full Idea
Enfranchisement of the people is an end in itself. …Only citizenship makes the moral man; only citizenship gives that respect which is the true basis of the respect for others.
Gist of Idea
Enfranchisement is an end in itself; it makes a person moral, and gives a basis for respect
Source
T.H. Green (works [1875], iii:436), quoted by John H. Muirhead - The Service of the State IV
Book Ref
Muirhead,John H.: 'The Service of the State: T.H. Green' [John Murray 2021], p.85
A Reaction
Should people respect their betters? If so, that is a sort of deferential respect which is different from the mutual respect between equals. That said, I wholly approve of this idea.
The
15 ideas
from 'works'
23027
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Ideals and metaphysics are practical, not imaginative or speculative
[Green,TH, by Muirhead]
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23030
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Truth is a relation to a whole of organised knowledge in the collection of rational minds
[Green,TH, by Muirhead]
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23044
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All knowledge rests on a fundamental unity between the knower and what is known
[Green,TH, by Muirhead]
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23034
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The ultimate test for truth is the systematic interdependence in nature
[Green,TH, by Muirhead]
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23032
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What is distinctive of human life is the desire for self-improvement
[Green,TH, by Muirhead]
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23033
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Hedonism offers no satisfaction, because what we desire is self-betterment
[Green,TH, by Muirhead]
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23045
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Politics is compromises, which seem supported by a social contract, but express the will of no one
[Green,TH]
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23050
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The ideal is a society in which all citizens are ladies and gentlemen
[Green,TH]
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23036
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The good is identified by the capacities of its participants
[Green,TH, by Muirhead]
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23039
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A true state is only unified and stabilised by acknowledging individuality
[Green,TH, by Muirhead]
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23038
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People only develop their personality through co-operation with the social whole
[Green,TH, by Muirhead]
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23031
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God is the ideal end of the mature mind's final development
[Green,TH]
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23040
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If something develops, its true nature is embodied in its end
[Green,TH]
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23041
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God is the realisation of the possibilities of each man's self
[Green,TH]
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23052
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Enfranchisement is an end in itself; it makes a person moral, and gives a basis for respect
[Green,TH]
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