Hegel'S Social Ethics: Religion, Conflict, And Rituals Of Reconciliation - 9780691171906

HegelÆs Social Ethics offers a fresh and accessible interpretation of G. W. F. HegelÆs most famous book, the Phenomenology of Spirit. Drawing on important recent work on the social dimensions of HegelÆs theory of knowledge, Molly Farneth shows how his account of how we know rests on his account of how we ought to live. Farneth argues that Hegel views conflict as an unavoidable part of living together, and that his social ethics involves relationships and social practices that allow people to cope with conflict and sustain hope for reconciliation. Communities create, contest, and transform their norms through these relationships and practices, and HegelÆs model for them are often the interactions and rituals of the members of religious communities. The bookÆs close readings reveal the ethical implications of HegelÆs discussions of slavery, Greek tragedy, early modern culture wars, and confession and forgiveness. The book also illuminates how contemporary democratic thought and practice can benefit from Hegelian insights. Through its sustained engagement with HegelÆs ideas about conflict and reconciliation, HegelÆs Social Ethics makes an important contribution to debates about how to live well with religious and ethical disagreement.

• | Author: Molly Farneth
• | Publisher: Princeton University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 02, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 184 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Philosophy
• | ISBN-10: 0691171904
• | ISBN-13: 9780691171906