Hegel on Ethics and Politics

This books brings together in translation the finest post-war German language scholarship on Hegel's social and political philosophy.

Robert B. Pippin (Edited by), Otfried Höffe (Edited by), Nicholas Walker (Translated by)

9780521037624, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 27 June 2007

360 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.53 kg

'For anyone working in the field who is not already familiar with these papers in their original form, this volume is one they will want to consult. As is to be expected with contributions from experts of this stature, the levels of scholarship and textual engagement displayed in these articles is high …' British Journal for the History of Philosophy

This series makes available in English some important work by German philosophers on major figures in the German philosophical tradition. The volumes will provide critical perspectives on philosophers of great significance to the Anglo-American philosophical community, perspectives that have been largely ignored except by a handful of writers on German philosophy. The dissemination of this work will be of enormous value to Anglophone students and scholars of the history of German philosophy. This collection brings together in translation the finest post-war German language scholarship on Hegel's social and political philosophy, concentrating on the Elements of the Philosophy of Right. Many of the essays appear in English here for the first time; all are translated anew.

Source acknowledgements
Contributors
Works by Hegel
1. Introduction Robert Pippin
Part I. Overview: 2. The rights of philosophy Hans Friedrich Fulda
3. Kant, Hegel and the contemporary question concerning the normative foundations of morality and right Karl-Otto Apel
Part II. Absolute Right: 4. 'The Personality of the Will' as the principle of abstract right: an analysis of §§34–40 of Hegel's Philosophy of Right in terms of the logical structure of the concept Michael Quante
5. Person and property in Hegel's Philosophy of Right (§§34–81) Joachim Ritter
6. Common welfare and universal will in Hegel's Philosophy of Right Manfred Baum
7. The contemporary relevance of Hegel's concept of punishment Wolfgang Schild
Part III. Ethical Life: 8. Natural ethical life and civil society: Hegel's construction of the family Siegfried Blasche
9. The role of civil society in Hegel's political philosophy Rolf-Peter Hortsmann
Part IV. The State: 10. Logical form and real totality: the authentic conceptual form of Hegel's concept of the state Dieter Henrich
11. Constitution, fundamental rights and social welfare in Hegel's Philosophy of Right Ludwig Siep
12. Hegel's organicist theory of the state: on the concept and method of Hegel's 'Science of the State' Michael Wolff
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Social & political philosophy [HPS], History of Western philosophy [HPC]