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What is “Right” in Hegel's Philosophy of Right?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Steven B. Smith
Steven B. Smith
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Yale University
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Abstract

I provide a thematic reconstruction of Hegel's positive concept of right. Against those who charge that Hegel denies any role to substantive political evaluation, I argue that the Philosophy of Right articulates a notion of the right to recognition (Anerkennung) as the central feature of the modern state. The concept of recognition, I contend, requires not just toleration of others but a more robust notion of respect for the “free personality” that is the philosophical ground of right. The right to recognition is, furthermore, intended to provide the foundation for a new form of ethical life (Sittlichkeit), Hegel's modern analogue to classical conceptions of civic virtue. In conclusion I examine briefly two objections that stand in the way of a contemporary rehabilitation of Hegelian political philosophy.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 83 , Issue 1 , March 1989 , pp. 3 - 18
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1989

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