Hegel's practical philosophy

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Hegel's practical philosophy is the branch of his thought that analyzes human freedom as it is realized in social institutions, law, morality, and ethical life (Sittlichkeit).

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instanceOf aspect of Hegelian philosophy ⓘ
branch of philosophical thought ⓘ
addresses relation between individual and community ⓘ
role of law in realizing freedom ⓘ
role of social practices in shaping agency ⓘ
analyzes realization of freedom in ethical life ⓘ
realization of freedom in law ⓘ
realization of freedom in morality ⓘ
realization of freedom in social institutions ⓘ
centralConcept ethical life ⓘ
freedom as self-determination ⓘ
recognition ⓘ
social institutions ⓘ
contrastsWith Kantian moral formalism ⓘ
developedBy Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ⓘ
linked to: G. W. F. Hegel
emphasizes concrete social practices ⓘ
historical development of institutions ⓘ
normative structure of institutions ⓘ
focusesOn human freedom ⓘ
hasKeyTerm Anerkennung (recognition) ⓘ
Moralität (morality) ⓘ
Recht (right) ⓘ
Sittlichkeit ⓘ
historicalPeriod German Idealism ⓘ
linked to: German idealism
includesDomain abstract right ⓘ
ethical life ⓘ
morality ⓘ
includesInstitution civil society ⓘ
family ⓘ
state ⓘ
influenced 20th-century social philosophy ⓘ
communitarian political theory ⓘ
contemporary theories of recognition ⓘ
critical theory ⓘ
isPartOf Hegel's philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Hegelian idealism
languageOfOrigin German ⓘ
relatedToWork Elements of the Philosophy of Right ⓘ
linked to: Philosophy of Right

Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences ⓘ
Phenomenology of Spirit ⓘ
studiedIn ethics ⓘ
legal philosophy ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
social philosophy ⓘ
usesConcept Sittlichkeit ⓘ
viewsEthicalLifeAs unity of subjective and objective freedom ⓘ
viewsFreedomAs being at home in the social world ⓘ
viewsLawAs embodiment of freedom ⓘ

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Ethical Life → isPartOf → Hegel's practical philosophy ⓘ
Hegel's university lectures → sourceFor → Hegel's political philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Hegel's practical philosophy
Robert Pippin → notableWork → Hegel’s Practical Philosophy: Rational Agency as Ethical Life ⓘ
linked to: Hegel's practical philosophy
Robert Pippin → notableWork → Hegel on Ethics and Politics ⓘ
linked to: Hegel's practical philosophy