Hegel's Philosophy of Right presents a collection of new essays by leading international philosophers and Hegel scholars that analyze and explore Hegel's key contributions in the areas of ethics, politics, and the law.

Notes on Contributors vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Thom Brooks Part I Ethics 7 1 Consequentialism and Deontology in the Philosophy of Right 9 Dean Moyar 2 The Empty Formalism Objection Revisited: x135R and Recent Kantian Responses 43 Fabian Freyenhagen 3 On Hegel's Critique of Kant's Ethics: Beyond the Empty Formalism Objection 73 Robert Stern Part II Politics 101 4 Hegel and the Unified Theory of Punishment 103 Thom Brooks 5 Hard Work: Hegel and the Meaning of the State in his Philosophy of Right 124 Kimberly Hutchings 6 Gender, the Family, and the Organic State in Hegel's Political Thought 143 Alison Stone Part III Law 165 7 Natural Law Internalism 167 Thom Brooks 8 Hegel on the Relation between Law and Justice 180 Alan Brudner Index 209

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's Philosophy of Right is widely acknowledged as one of the most important texts in the history of moral and political philosophy. While exerting a profound influence on several major philosophical movements, the groundbreaking 1820 work continues to shape philosophical thought. Hegel's Philosophy of Right presents a collection of new essays by leading international philosophers and Hegel scholars who analyze and explore Hegel's key contributions in the areas of ethics, politics, and law. Contributions address issues that include ethics, the relationship of Hegelian ethics with contemporary debates in value theory, the so-called "empty formalism" objection that Hegel directs at Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy, Hegel's understanding of law, justice, and political issues that shed new light on Hegel's ideas of punishment, ethical life, and family. Scholarly and thought-provoking, Hegel's Philosophy of Right offers important new insights into our understanding of Hegel's seminal Philosophy of Right and the broader world of Hegelian philosophy.

“The essays are refreshingly free of complex jargon and, taken together, offer a good sampling of recent work in Hegelian moral and political philosophy.  Summing Up: Recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers.”  (Choice, 1 October 2012)

This is a fine collection of highly engaging and accessible scholarly essays on Hegel’s Philosophy of Right. The essays focus on ethics, politics, and law and highlight with great originality the significance of Hegel’s thought for contemporary debates concerning value theory, Kantian formalism, punishment theory, political organisation, gender equality, standards of justice, and legal authority. Students and scholars will learn much from this thought-provoking and very welcome volume. -Stephen Houlgate, University of Warwick