The Philosophy of Right

by Hegel, G. W. F.; White, Alan

• ISBN13: 9781585100415
• ISBN10: 1585100412
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co.

Summary

A modern, highly readable translation of a primary text in Western philosophy. Complete translation in English with introduction, notes and glossary. The glossary is keyed to the primary occurrences of important terms in the text and provides insights into the concepts beyond the translation, especially useful pedagogical device for students coming to Hegel for the first time. Focus Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Hegel's immediate audience.

Author Biography

Alan White is Mark Hopkins Professor of Philosophy at Williams College.

Table of Contents

Translator's Preface	vii
Translator's Introduction	viii
The Philosophy of Right	viii
The Philosophy of Right	ix
An Outline of the Philosophy of Right	x
A Translation of Hegel's Philosophy of Right	xiii
A Historical Introduction to Hegel's Preface	xiii
Hegel's Preface	1	(10)
Hegel's Introduction	11	(27)
Division	38	(2)
FIRST PART: ABSTRACT RIGHT	40	(48)
First Section: Property	44	(22)
Taking Possession	52	(3)
The Use of Things	55	(5)
Conveyance* of Property	60	(5)
Transition from Property to Contract	65	(1)
Second Section: Contract	66	(7)
Third Section: Wrong	73	(15)
Unintentional Wrong	74	(1)
Fraud	75	(1)
Coercion and Crime	76	(10)
Transition from Right to Morality	86	(2)
SECOND PART: MORALITY	88	(37)
First Section: Purpose and Responsibility [Schuld]	93	(2)
Second Section: Intention and Well-Being	95	(8)
Third Section: The Good and Conscience	103	(22)
Transition from Morality to Ethicality	123	(2)
THIRD PART: ETHICALITY	125	(139)
First Section: The Family	132	(15)
Marriage	133	(6)
The Assets of the Family	139	(1)
The Rearing of Children and the Dissolution of the Family	140	(6)
Transition from the Family to Civil Society	146	(1)
Second Section: Civil Society	147	(41)
The System of Needs	152	(11)
Need and its Satisfaction	153	(2)
Labor	155	(1)
Assets	156	(7)
The Administration of Right	163	(13)
Right as Law	163	(4)
The Existence of Law	167	(3)
The Court of Law	170	(6)
The Policing Authority and the Corporation	176	(12)
The Policing Authority	176	(8)
The Corporation	184	(4)
Third Section: The State	188	(76)
Right Within the State	194	(60)
The Inner Constitution As Itself	209	(7)
The Prince's Power	216	(12)
The Executive Power	228	(5)
The Legislative Power	233	(16)
Sovereignty Against Others [gegen außen]	249	(5)
Right Beyond the State [Das außere Staatsrecht]	254	(4)
World History	258	(6)
The Oriental Realm	261	(1)
The Greek Realm	262	(1)
The Roman Realm	262	(1)
The Germanic Realm	262	(2)
Appendix: An Interpretive Glossary	264	(9)
Key to Abbreviations	273