Source acknowledgements; Contributors; Works by Hegel; 1. Introduction Robert Pippin; Part I. Overview: 2. The rights of philosophy Hans Friedrich Fulda; 3. Kant, Hegel and the contemporary question concerning the normative foundations of morality and right Karl-Otto Apel; Part II. Absolute Right: 4. 'The Personality of the Will' as the principle of abstract right: an analysis of §§34–40 of Hegel's Philosophy of Right in terms of the logical structure of the concept Michael Quante; 5. Person and property in Hegel's Philosophy of Right (§§34–81) Joachim Ritter; 6. Common welfare and universal will in Hegel's Philosophy of Right Manfred Baum; 7. The contemporary relevance of Hegel's concept of punishment Wolfgang Schild; Part III. Ethical Life: 8. Natural ethical life and civil society: Hegel's construction of the family Siegfried Blasche; 9. The role of civil society in Hegel's political philosophy Rolf-Peter Hortsmann; Part IV. The State: 10. Logical form and real totality: the authentic conceptual form of Hegel's concept of the state Dieter Henrich; 11. Constitution, fundamental rights and social welfare in Hegel's Philosophy of Right Ludwig Siep; 12. Hegel's organicist theory of the state: on the concept and method of Hegel's 'Science of the State' Michael Wolff; Bibliography; Index.

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