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Single Idea 21790
[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / a. Communitarianism
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Full Idea
The moral individual becomes an ethical individual when he recognises that his own voice need not always utter the last word on a given matter, but should be understood as participating in ongoing social and political practices.
Gist of Idea
Moral individuals become ethical when they see the social aspect of a matter
Source
report of Georg W.F.Hegel (Elements of the Philosophy of Right [1821]) by Stephen Houlgate - An Introduction to Hegel 08 'Freedom'
Book Ref
Houlgate,Stephen: 'An Introduction to Hegel' [Blackwell 2005], p.197
A Reaction
This is a key idea in Hegel, and is seen (by Charles Taylor etc) as the foundations of modern communitarianism.
Related Idea
Idea 21788
The moral will is self-determining, but the ethical will is met in society [Houlgate]
The
53 ideas
from 'Elements of the Philosophy of Right'
21787
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Evil enters a good will when we believe we are doing right, but allow no criticism of our choice
[Hegel, by Houlgate]
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8029
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You can't have a morality which is supplied by the individual, but is also genuinely universal
[Hegel, by MacIntyre]
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22051
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The categorical imperative lacks roots in a historical culture
[Hegel, by Bowie]
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21988
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In the 1840s Hegel seemed to defend society being right as it is, as a manifestation of Mind
[Hegel, by Singer]
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21790
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Moral individuals become ethical when they see the social aspect of a matter
[Hegel, by Houlgate]
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8030
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For Hegel, the moral life can only be led within a certain type of community
[Hegel, by MacIntyre]
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22085
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Freedom requires us to submit to a family, or a corporation, or a state
[Hegel, by Houlgate]
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22766
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Philosophy is exploration of the rational
[Hegel]
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22767
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I aim to portray the state as a rational entity
[Hegel]
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21979
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Wisdom emerges at the end of a process
[Hegel]
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21778
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True liberal freedom is to pursue something, while being free to cease the pursuit
[Hegel, by Houlgate]
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21779
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People assume they are free, but the options available are not under their control
[Hegel]
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22768
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Subjective and objective are not firmly opposed, but merge into one another
[Hegel]
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21780
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A free will primarily wills its own freedoom
[Hegel, by Houlgate]
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22769
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The concept of the will is the free will which wills its freedom
[Hegel]
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22770
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A person is a being which is aware of its own self-directed and free subjectivity
[Hegel]
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22771
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Be a person, and respect other persons
[Hegel]
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22772
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Personality overcomes subjective limitations and posits Dasein as its own
[Hegel]
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21782
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Man has an absolute right to appropriate things
[Hegel]
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22773
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Because only human beings can own property, everything else can become our property
[Hegel]
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22774
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A community does not have the property-owning rights that a person has
[Hegel]
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22775
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The owner of a thing is obviously the first person to freely take possession of it
[Hegel]
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22776
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Slaves are partly responsible for their own condition
[Hegel]
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22777
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Individuals must dedicate themselves to the ethical whole, and give their lives when asked
[Hegel]
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22778
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Individuals can't leave the state, because they are natural citizens, and humans require a state
[Hegel]
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22779
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The good is realised freedom
[Hegel]
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22780
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It is a rejection of intellectual dignity to say that we cannot know the truth
[Hegel]
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22781
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The categorical imperative is fine if you already have a set of moral principles
[Hegel]
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21786
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Conscience is the right of the self to know what is right and obligatory, and thus make them true
[Hegel]
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22782
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To have pagan beliefs and be a pagan are quite different
[Hegel]
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22783
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Rights imply duties, and duties imply rights
[Hegel]
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22784
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Love is ethical life in its natural form
[Hegel]
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22785
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Even educated women are unsuited to science, philosophy, art and government
[Hegel]
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22786
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Children need discipline, to break their self-will and eradicate sensuousness
[Hegel]
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22787
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The family is the first basis of the state, but estates are a necessary second
[Hegel]
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22788
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A human only become a somebody as a member of a social estate
[Hegel]
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22789
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Society draws people, and requires their work, making them wholly dependent on it
[Hegel]
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22790
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We cannot assert rights which are unnatural
[Hegel]
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22791
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The state is the march of God in the world
[Hegel]
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21791
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Social groups must focus on the state, which must in turn respect their inclusion and their will
[Hegel]
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21789
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Slaves have no duties because they have no rights
[Hegel]
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22792
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Individuals attain their right by discovering their self-consciousness in institutions
[Hegel]
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22793
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Some religions lead to harsh servitude and the debasement of human beings
[Hegel]
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22795
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People can achieve respect for their state by insight into its essence
[Hegel]
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22794
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A fully developed state is conscious and knows what it wills
[Hegel]
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22796
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A constitution embodies a nation's rights and condition
[Hegel]
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22798
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Money is the best way to achieve just equality
[Hegel]
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22797
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In modern states an individual's actions should be their choice
[Hegel]
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22799
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The people do not have the ability to know the general will
[Hegel]
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22800
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Majority rule means obligations can be imposed on me
[Hegel]
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21792
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The state should reflect all interests, and not just popular will, or a popular party
[Hegel, by Houlgate]
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22801
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The great man of the ages is the one who reveals and accomplishes the will of his time
[Hegel]
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22802
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Wars add strength to a nation, and cure internal dissension
[Hegel]
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