 It has sometimes been suggested that the influences of Kant and Hegel lead to a tension in Bosanquet’s political thought (see Vincent 1982). Bosanquet’s emphasis on the moral development of the human individual and on limiting the state from directly promoting morality clearly reflects a Kantian influence. Moreover, Bosanquet believed that “the best life” that he describes as the “end” of the individual and of the state alike, approximates what Kant referred to as “the kingdom of ends”. Even Bosanquet’s justification of the authority of the state can be seen as a reflection of a Kantian imperative that one wills the state as a necessary means to the moral end.