Defining the Common Good

Empire, Religion and Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Britain

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Hardcover | 15 August 1994

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The theme of this book is the crisis of the early modern state in eighteenth-century Britain. The revolt of the North American colonies and the simultaneous demand for wider religious toleration at home challenged the principles of sovereignty and obligation that underpinned arguments about the character of the state. These were expressed in terms of the 'common good', 'necessity', and 'community' - concepts that came to the fore in early modern European political thought and which gave expression to the problem of defining legitimate authority in a period of increasing consciousness of state power. The Americans and their British supporters argued that individuals ought to determine the common good of the community. A new theory of representation and freedom of thought defines the cutting edge of this revolutionary redefinition of the basic relationship between individual and community.

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' ... Miller triumphantly succeeds in a work of sustained sophistication and remarkably wide learning ... a powerful and remarkable vision which demands attention.' Jonathan Clark, Times Literary Supplement

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
The figure of Cicero
A classical landscape
State and empire
The limits of sovereignty and obligation
The common good, toleration and freedom of thought
'Alternatives' to the common good 1774-1776
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.
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