Hegel's practical philosophy : rational agency as ethical life / Robert B. Pippin.

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Pippin, Robert B, 1948-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 308 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0511456328
9780511456329
9780511457630
0511457634
9780511808005
0511808003
1107188989
9781107188983
1281944955
9781281944955
9786611944957
6611944958
0511454643
9780511454646
0511453612
9780511453618
0511455674
9780511455674

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hegel's practical philosophy.DDC classification:

193 22

LOC classification:

B2949 P47 2008eb

Other classification:

08.24

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Contents:

1: Spirit -- Introduction: leading a free life -- Naturalness and mindedness: Hegel's compatibilism -- On giving oneself the law -- The actualization of freedom -- 2: Freedom -- The freedom of the will: psychological dimensions -- the freedom of the will: social dimensions -- 3: Sociality -- Hegelian sociality: recognitive status -- Recognition and politics -- Institutional rationality -- Concluding remarks.

Summary: This fresh and original book argues that the central questions in Hegel's practical philosophy are the central questions in modern accounts of freedom: What is freedom, or what would it be to act freely? Is it possible so to act? And how important is leading a free life? Robert Pippin argues that the core of Hegel's answers is a social theory of agency, the view that agency is not exclusively a matter of the self-relation and self-determination of an individual but requires the right sort of engagement with and recognition by others. Using a detailed analysis of key Hegelian texts, he develops this interpretation to reveal the bearing of Hegel's claims on many contemporary issues, including much-discussed core problems in the liberal democratic tradition. His important study will be valuable for all readers who are interested in Hegel's philosophy and in the modern problems of agency and freedom.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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This fresh and original book argues that the central questions in Hegel's practical philosophy are the central questions in modern accounts of freedom: What is freedom, or what would it be to act freely? Is it possible so to act? And how important is leading a free life? Robert Pippin argues that the core of Hegel's answers is a social theory of agency, the view that agency is not exclusively a matter of the self-relation and self-determination of an individual but requires the right sort of engagement with and recognition by others. Using a detailed analysis of key Hegelian texts, he develops this interpretation to reveal the bearing of Hegel's claims on many contemporary issues, including much-discussed core problems in the liberal democratic tradition. His important study will be valuable for all readers who are interested in Hegel's philosophy and in the modern problems of agency and freedom.

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