Hegel's ethical thought

Hegel's ethical thought

by Wood, Allen W.

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This important new study offers a powerful exposition of the ethical theory underlying Hegel's philosophy of society, politics, and history. Professor Wood shows how Hegel applies his theory to such topics as human rights, the justification of legal punishment, criteria of moral responsibility, and the authority of individual conscience. The book includes a critical discussion of Hegel's treatment of other moral philosophers (especially Kant, Fichte and Fries), provides an account of the contro…

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  • Full title :Hegel's ethical thought / Allen W. Wood.

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This important new study offers a powerful exposition of the ethical theory underlying Hegel's philosophy of society, politics, and history. Professor Wood shows how Hegel applies his theory to such topics as human rights, the justification of legal punishment, criteria of moral responsibility, and the authority of individual conscience. The book includes a critical discussion of Hegel's treatment of other moral philosophers (especially Kant, Fichte and Fries), provides an account of the controversial concept of "ethical life," and shows the relation between the theory and Hegel's critical assessment of modern social institutions. The book is nontechnical and should interest anyone concerned with Hegel's ethical and political thought, including philosophers, political scientists, intellectual historians and students of German culture.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1990.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xxi, 293 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781139172257, 1139172255
  • oclc:ocn818780982
  • LC Classification:B2949.E8
  • Dewey Decimal:170/.92

Table of Contents

Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. Hegelian Ethical Theory: 1. Self-actualization -- 2. Freedom -- 3. Happiness -- Part II. Abstract Right: 4. Recognition -- 5. Persons, property, law -- 6. Punishment -- Part III. Morality: 7. The concept of morality -- 8. The moral will -- 9. The emptiness of the moral law -- 10. Conscience -- Part IV. Ethical Life: 11. Ethical objectivity -- 12. Ethical subjectivity -- 13. The limits of ethics -- 14. Problems of modern ethical life -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

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Subjects

Ethics Ethics -- Germany Ethics, Germanic Ethics, Modern Ethics, Modern -- 18th century Ethics, Modern -- 19th century Ethiek Ethik Germany Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Morale -- 18e siècle Morale -- 19e siècle Morale -- Allemagne

Writers

Wood, Allen W.

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