Sittlichkeit
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Sittlichkeit is Hegel’s concept of “ethical life,” referring to the concrete social institutions and shared customs through which individual freedom and morality are realized in a community.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sittlichkeit canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13029589 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sittlichkeit Context triple: [Ethical Life, hasOriginalName, Sittlichkeit]
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A.
Ehlhalten
Ehlhalten is a village and district of the town of Eppstein in the Rheingau-Taunus region of Hesse, Germany.
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Die Tugendlehre
Die Tugendlehre is Immanuel Kant’s systematic philosophical work on moral virtue, forming the second part of his Metaphysics of Morals.
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Schonungen
Schonungen is a municipality in the Lower Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany, situated near the city of Schweinfurt along the Main River.
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Alte Hofhaltung
Alte Hofhaltung is a historic former episcopal residence and courtyard complex in Bamberg, Germany, known for its well-preserved medieval and Renaissance architecture.
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Tischgesellschaft
"Tischgesellschaft" is a sculptural installation by German artist Katharina Fritsch featuring a group of identical, ghostly male figures seated around a table, exemplifying her eerie, psychologically charged use of repetition and monochrome color.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sittlichkeit Target entity description: Sittlichkeit is Hegel’s concept of “ethical life,” referring to the concrete social institutions and shared customs through which individual freedom and morality are realized in a community.
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A.
Ehlhalten
Ehlhalten is a village and district of the town of Eppstein in the Rheingau-Taunus region of Hesse, Germany.
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B.
Die Tugendlehre
Die Tugendlehre is Immanuel Kant’s systematic philosophical work on moral virtue, forming the second part of his Metaphysics of Morals.
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C.
Schonungen
Schonungen is a municipality in the Lower Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany, situated near the city of Schweinfurt along the Main River.
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D.
Alte Hofhaltung
Alte Hofhaltung is a historic former episcopal residence and courtyard complex in Bamberg, Germany, known for its well-preserved medieval and Renaissance architecture.
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E.
Tischgesellschaft
"Tischgesellschaft" is a sculptural installation by German artist Katharina Fritsch featuring a group of identical, ghostly male figures seated around a table, exemplifying her eerie, psychologically charged use of repetition and monochrome color.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hegelian concept
ⓘ
ethical concept ⓘ philosophical concept ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
concrete freedom
ⓘ
reconciliation of individual and community ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hegelian notion of the good life ⓘ |
| basedOn | historically developed institutions ⓘ |
| categoryIn | Hegel’s distinction between abstract right, morality, and ethical life ⓘ |
| centralInWork |
Elements of the Philosophy of Right
ⓘ
linked to:
Philosophy of Right
Phenomenology of Spirit ⓘ
linked to:
phenomenology of spirit
|
| concerns |
ethical life in community
ⓘ
objective spirit ⓘ realization of freedom in social institutions ⓘ shared customs and practices ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Moralität ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
ⓘ
linked to:
G. W. F. Hegel
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| differsFrom | abstract moral duty ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
embeddedness of individuals in community
ⓘ
practical participation in institutions ⓘ |
| field |
German idealism
ⓘ
ethics ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
civil society as system of needs
ⓘ
family as natural ethical community ⓘ state as actuality of ethical idea ⓘ |
| historicalContext | 19th-century German philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century social philosophy
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Marxist social theory ⓘ later communitarian political theory ⓘ |
| label | Sittlichkeit ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | German ⓘ |
| opposesView | purely individualistic morality ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hegel’s philosophy of right
ⓘ
linked to:
Philosophy of Right
Hegel’s system of objective spirit ⓘ
linked to:
Hegel’s philosophy of spirit
|
| presupposes |
customary practices
ⓘ
shared norms ⓘ social institutions ⓘ |
| realizedIn |
civil society
ⓘ
family ⓘ state ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Moralität
ⓘ
custom ⓘ habit ⓘ objective freedom ⓘ |
| requires |
institutional mediation of freedom
ⓘ
recognition among individuals ⓘ |
| translation | ethical life ⓘ |
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