ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that T. H. Green is the first who shows that liberty is fundamentally premised on two interrelated phenomena: moral development and well-being improvement. It focuses on Green’s concept of true freedom as a paradigm case of positive freedom. For Green the concept of authority is derivative from his concept of the common good. The chapter argues that one of the most significant aspects of Green’s discussion of freedom in Different Senses of "Freedom" is the depiction of the process of moral development which underpins the rationale of true freedom. It argues that Green’s true freedom does not capture the entire process of development but only its point of completion. Green’s theory of true freedom and the underpinning theory of the will have been subject to a lot of criticism. The study of Green’s concept of true freedom allows us to gain insight into the intricate ways in which freedom and authorities are interconnected.
