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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453207003321

Autore

Pippin Robert B. <1948->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-107-18898-9

1-281-94495-5

9786611944957

0-511-80800-3

0-511-45632-8

0-511-45763-4

0-511-45464-3

0-511-45361-2

0-511-45567-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Ethics

Agent (Philosophy)

Free will and determinism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.