Hegel's Idea of Freedom.
Patten, Alan.
Hegel's Idea of Freedom. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (231 pages) - Oxford Philosophical Monographs . - Oxford Philosophical Monographs .
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Perspectives on Hegel's Idea of Freedom -- 1.1. Freedom and Sittlichkeit -- 1.2. Four Readings -- 1.3. The Conventionalist Reading -- 1.4. The Metaphysical Reading -- 1.5. The Historicist Reading -- 1.6. The Civic Humanist Reading -- 1.7. Converging Perspectives -- 2. Freedom as Rational Self-Determination -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Three Models of Freedom -- 2.3. Hegel's Conception of Freedom: A Formulation -- 2.4. Freedom, Authority, and Desire -- 2.5. The Standard Objections -- 3. The Reciprocity Thesis in Kant and Hegel -- 3.1. The Reciprocity Thesis -- 3.2. The Empty Formalism Objection -- 3.3. Kant's Argument for the Reciprocity Thesis -- 3.4. Towards a Resolution: The Concrete Universal -- 3.5. The Recursive Structure of Freedom -- 3.6. Completing the Argument -- 4. Hegel and Social Contract Theory -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Hegel's Critique of Social Contract Theory -- 4.3. Recognition as the Foundation of Hegel's Alternative to Social Contract Theory -- 4.4. Social Institutions as Mediating and Stabilizing Recognition -- 4.5. Concluding Remarks -- 5. Hegel's Justification of Private Property -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Personality -- 5.3. A Puzzle -- 5.4. Property and Personality in Fichte's Social Philosophy -- 5.5. Property and Recognition -- 5.6. The Limits of Hegel's Argument -- 6. A Civic Humanist Idea of Freedom -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Two Conceptions of the State -- 6.3. The Rationality of the Hegelian State -- 6.4. The State as the Actuality of Concrete Freedom -- 6.5. Two Objections -- 7. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
Alan Patten presents an original interpretation of Hegel's idea of freedom, and offers answers to a number of central questions about his ethical and political thought. Freedom is the value that Hegel most admired and the central organizing concept of his social philosophy. Patten's clear and jargon-free study will be of interest to anyone concerned with Hegel or with the sources of contemporary ideas about freedom, community, and the state.
9780191519277
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, -- 1770-1831.
Liberty.
Electronic books.
B2949.L5P38 1999
123/.5/092
Hegel's Idea of Freedom. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (231 pages) - Oxford Philosophical Monographs . - Oxford Philosophical Monographs .
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Perspectives on Hegel's Idea of Freedom -- 1.1. Freedom and Sittlichkeit -- 1.2. Four Readings -- 1.3. The Conventionalist Reading -- 1.4. The Metaphysical Reading -- 1.5. The Historicist Reading -- 1.6. The Civic Humanist Reading -- 1.7. Converging Perspectives -- 2. Freedom as Rational Self-Determination -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Three Models of Freedom -- 2.3. Hegel's Conception of Freedom: A Formulation -- 2.4. Freedom, Authority, and Desire -- 2.5. The Standard Objections -- 3. The Reciprocity Thesis in Kant and Hegel -- 3.1. The Reciprocity Thesis -- 3.2. The Empty Formalism Objection -- 3.3. Kant's Argument for the Reciprocity Thesis -- 3.4. Towards a Resolution: The Concrete Universal -- 3.5. The Recursive Structure of Freedom -- 3.6. Completing the Argument -- 4. Hegel and Social Contract Theory -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Hegel's Critique of Social Contract Theory -- 4.3. Recognition as the Foundation of Hegel's Alternative to Social Contract Theory -- 4.4. Social Institutions as Mediating and Stabilizing Recognition -- 4.5. Concluding Remarks -- 5. Hegel's Justification of Private Property -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Personality -- 5.3. A Puzzle -- 5.4. Property and Personality in Fichte's Social Philosophy -- 5.5. Property and Recognition -- 5.6. The Limits of Hegel's Argument -- 6. A Civic Humanist Idea of Freedom -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Two Conceptions of the State -- 6.3. The Rationality of the Hegelian State -- 6.4. The State as the Actuality of Concrete Freedom -- 6.5. Two Objections -- 7. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
Alan Patten presents an original interpretation of Hegel's idea of freedom, and offers answers to a number of central questions about his ethical and political thought. Freedom is the value that Hegel most admired and the central organizing concept of his social philosophy. Patten's clear and jargon-free study will be of interest to anyone concerned with Hegel or with the sources of contemporary ideas about freedom, community, and the state.
9780191519277
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, -- 1770-1831.
Liberty.
Electronic books.
B2949.L5P38 1999
123/.5/092