Description
Book SynopsisHegel''s Philosophy of Right presents a collection of new essays by leading international philosophers and Hegel scholars that analyze and explore Hegel''s key contributions in the areas of ethics, politics, and the law.
- The most comprehensive collection on Hegel''s Philosophy of Right available
- Features new essays by leading international Hegel interpreters divided in sections of ethics, politics, and law
- Presents significant new research on Hegel''s Philosophy of Right that will set a new standard for future work on the topic
Trade Review“The essays are refreshingly free of complex jargon and, taken together, offer a good sampling of recent work in Hegelian moral and political philosophy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers.” (Choice, 1 October 2012)
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Thom Brooks
Part I Ethics 7
1 Consequentialism and Deontology in the Philosophy of Right 9
Dean Moyar
2 The Empty Formalism Objection Revisited: x135R and Recent Kantian Responses 43
Fabian Freyenhagen
3 On Hegel's Critique of Kant's Ethics: Beyond the Empty Formalism Objection 73
Robert Stern
Part II Politics 101
4 Hegel and the Unified Theory of Punishment 103
Thom Brooks
5 Hard Work: Hegel and the Meaning of the State in his Philosophy of Right 124
Kimberly Hutchings
6 Gender, the Family, and the Organic State in Hegel's Political Thought 143
Alison Stone
Part III Law 165
7 Natural Law Internalism 167
Thom Brooks
8 Hegel on the Relation between Law and Justice 180
Alan Brudner
Index 209
