Philosophy Of Right (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781542523226)

The Philosophy of Right (as it is usually called) begins with a discussion of the concept of the free will and argues that the free will can only realize itself in the complicated social context of property rights and relations, contracts, moral commitments, family life, the economy, the legal system, and the polity. A person is not truly free, in other words, unless he is a participant in all of these different aspects of the life of the state. The bulk of the book is devoted to discussing Hegel's three spheres of versions of 'right, ' each one larger than the preceding ones and encompassing them. The first sphere is abstract right (Recht), in which Hegel discusses the idea of 'non-interference' as a way of respecting others. He deems this insufficient and moves onto the second sphere, morality (Moralit t). Under this, Hegel proposes that humans reflect their own subjectivity of others in order to respect them. The third sphere, ethical life (Sittlichkeit), is Hegel's integration of individual subjective feelings and universal notions of right. Under ethical life, Hegel then launches into a lengthy discussion about family, civil society, and the state.

Author: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
ISBN-10: 1542523222
ISBN-13: 9781542523226
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/13/2017
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.39d