Contents 
PREFACE ix 
ABBREVIATIONS Xi 
[ntroduction: an unsettied and unsettling age 3 
2 
Philosophical foundatons 
3 
The true good or the theory of self-realization 
32 
4 
[Che state: political obligation and resistance 
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5 
Property and social classes 7. 
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The theory of human nature 9o 
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The critique of utilitarianism 110 
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Conclusion 124 
APPENDIX: Notes towards a comparison of Green and J.S. Mill 131 
'NDEX 143