Hegels Civic Republicanism - Integrating Natural Law With Kants Moral Constructivism

This book argues that Hegel developed a robust form of civic republicanism. It identifies the proper genre to which Hegel's Philosophical Outlines of Justice belongs and to which it so prodigiously contributes, which he calls Natural Law Constructivism, an approach developed by Hume, Rousseau, Kant, and Hegel.

List of contents

Introduction
1 Hegel’s Moral Philosophy: a Conspectus
2 Modern Moral Epistemology
3 Natural Law Constructivism: Hobbes, Hume & Rousseau
4 Kant, Aristotle & our Fidelity to Reason
5 Kant, Hegel & our Fate as Zoôn Politikon
6 Hegel’s Justification of the Human Right to Non-Domination
7 Hegel, Natural Law & Moral Constructivism
8 The Analytical & Justificatory Structure of Hegel’s Philosophical Outlines of Justice
9 Hegel’s Standards of Political Legitimacy
10 The Centrality of Public Reason in Hegel’s Civic Republicanism
11 Hegel’s Civic Republicanism: Progressive Principles & Practices

About the author

Kenneth R. Westphal is Professor of Philosophy at Boðaziçi University, Istanbul. He has authored or edited 12 books, including How Hume and Kant Reconstruct Natural Law: Justifying Strict Objectivity without Debating Moral Realism (2016) and Realism, Science, and Pragmatism (Routledge, 2014).

Summary

This book argues that Hegel developed a robust form of civic republicanism. It identifies the proper genre to which Hegel’s Philosophical Outlines of Justice belongs and to which it so prodigiously contributes, which he calls Natural Law Constructivism, an approach developed by Hume, Rousseau, Kant, and Hegel.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth Westphal, Kenneth (Bogazici University Westphal, Kenneth R. Westphal, Kenneth R. (Bogazici University Westphal
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780367359171
• ISBN: 978-0-367-35917-1
• No. of pages: 348
• Series: Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy; Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy