Il valore dell'autocoscienza nella filosofia politica di Thomas Hill Green

The focus of this article is the eclectic character of T.H. Green’s position. Starting from a critical analysis of empiricism, Green highlighted its relations with the Kantian epistemology. The philosophy of Green is based on two principles: the notion of the self, seen as capable of bettering itself, and the existence of a universal consciousness. The moral character of human actions stems from the principle of selfrealization, which aims to reduce the impact of egoism on morality. As a consequence, the Kantian vision of the moral good seems to affirm itself at the cost of the hedonistic explanation of it. Notwithstanding, at the same time, Green rejected what he regarded as the too abstract aspects of the Hegelian view.