Hegel's value justice as the living good / Dean Moyar.

Author/creator Moyar, Dean
Other author Oxford University Press.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Descriptionxii, 370 pages ; 25 cm
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Abstract "Justice as the Living Good offers a comprehensive reading of Hegel's social and political philosophy. Two hundred years after the publication of his Philosophy of Right, Hegel's theory of justice remains a viable alternative to the social contract tradition in modern political theory. Hegel's Value shows that underlying Hegel's claims about freedom and history is a theory of value grounded in our dual nature as living and self-conscious beings. While Hegel follows the modern tradition in basing his theory on the free will, he departs from the tradition in emphasizing the expression of the will in valuable action. Hegel's Value argues for the expressive validity of practical inferences as the key to understanding the connection between value and a system of right. Through a close reading of key episodes in the Phenomenology of Spirit and of the entire Philosophy of Right, this study show how Hegel develops his account of justice through an inferentialist conception of reason. Hegel's Value traces the development of right from the basic conception of property rights to an inclusive conception that he calls simply the Good, and finally to a system of just institutions structured by "living" inferential relations. The result is an institutional system governed by a moral ideal but realized through concrete economic and political processes"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 355-364) and index.
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LCCN 2020027855
ISBN9780197532539 (hardback)
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