Tag: freedom
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Hegel and the Philosophy of Right
Dudley Knowles’ Hegel and the Philosophy of Right is one of the most sustained and philosophically rigorous engagements with Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, a work that itself remains among the most complex statements of modern political philosophy. The Philosophy of Right is notorious both for its forbidding prose and for the controversies it has generated:…
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Hegel’s Elements of the Philosophy of Right
In Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel presents a monumental exposition of ethical theory, natural rights, the philosophy of law, and political theory, combining these areas into a comprehensive examination of modern sociopolitical life. Edited by Allen W. Wood and translated by H. B. Nisbet, this edition is particularly significant as…
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‘G.W.F. Hegel’ by Dudley Knowles
Dudley Knowles’ G.W.F. Hegel presents a monumental survey of Hegel’s political philosophy, emphasizing his distinctive contributions to perennial debates on freedom, ethics, and social life. Hegel’s account of freedom is not merely personal but fundamentally social, where true freedom emerges through one’s involvement in the institutions of family, civil society, and the state. The essays…
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The Expansion of Autonomy: Hegel’s Pluralistic Philosophy of Action
Christopher Yeomans’ The Expansion of Autonomy: Hegel’s Pluralistic Philosophy of Action explores the tension within modern ethical thought surrounding the nature of autonomy—a problem rooted in the contrasting philosophical systems of Kant and Hegel. Yeomans aims to reveal the subtle complexity of Hegel’s critique of Kantian morality and the revolutionary ways in which Hegel addresses…
Simon Gros 