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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pippin, Robert B., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Ethics.

Agent (Philosophy).

Free will and determinism.

Physical Description:

xi, 308 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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 B. 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, Pippin 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.

Contents:

Part I Spirit

1 Introduction: leading a free life 3

2 Naturalness and mindedness: Hegel's compatibilism 36

3 On giving oneself the law 65

4 The actualization of freedom 92

Part II Freedom

5 The freedom of the will: psychological dimensions 121

6 The freedom of the will: social dimensions 147

Part III Sociality

7 Hegelian sociality: recognitive status 183

8 Recognition and politics 210

9 Institutional rationality 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-300) and index.

ISBN:

9780521429573

0521429579

9780521728720

052172872X

OCLC:

231580877