The free development of each : studies on freedom, right, and ethics in classical German philosophy / Allen W. Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Allen W., author.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, German--History.

Philosophy, German.

Philosophers--Germany.

Philosophers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 330 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Studies on freedom, right, and ethics in classical German philosophy

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'The Free Development of Each' collects 12 essays on the history of German philosophy by Allen W. Wood, one of the leading scholars in the field. They explore moral philosophy, politics, society, and history in the works of Kant, Herder, Fichte, Hegel, and Marx, and share the basic theme of freedom, as it appears in morality and in politics.

Contents:

Introduction

Moral wealth, merit, and acting from duty

Kant on practical reason

The independence of right from ethics

The moral politician

Herder and Kant on history: their enlightenment faith

Leaving consequentialism behind

Fichte's absolute freedom

Fichte's intersubjective I

Fichtean themes in Hegel's dialectic of recognition

Hegel on responsibility for actions and consequences

Marx on equality

Coercion, manipulation, exploitation

Concluding remarks.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-176569-4

0-19-150874-8

OCLC:

874147931