Sittlichkeit
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Sittlichkeit is Hegel’s concept of “ethical life,” referring to the concrete social institutions and shared customs through which individual freedom and morality are realized in a community.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sittlichkeit canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hegelian concept
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ethical concept ⓘ philosophical concept ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
concrete freedom
ⓘ
reconciliation of individual and community ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hegelian notion of the good life ⓘ |
| basedOn | historically developed institutions ⓘ |
| categoryIn | Hegel’s distinction between abstract right, morality, and ethical life ⓘ |
| centralInWork |
Elements of the Philosophy of Right
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phenomenology of Spirit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concerns |
ethical life in community
ⓘ
objective spirit ⓘ realization of freedom in social institutions ⓘ shared customs and practices ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Moralität ⓘ |
| developedBy | Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| differsFrom | abstract moral duty ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
embeddedness of individuals in community
ⓘ
practical participation in institutions ⓘ |
| field |
German idealism
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ethics ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
civil society as system of needs
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family as natural ethical community ⓘ state as actuality of ethical idea ⓘ |
| historicalContext | 19th-century German philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century social philosophy
ⓘ
Marxist social theory ⓘ later communitarian political theory ⓘ |
| label | Sittlichkeit ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | German ⓘ |
| opposesView | purely individualistic morality ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hegel’s philosophy of right
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hegel’s system of objective spirit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presupposes |
customary practices
ⓘ
shared norms ⓘ social institutions ⓘ |
| realizedIn |
civil society
ⓘ
family ⓘ state ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Moralität
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custom ⓘ habit ⓘ objective freedom ⓘ |
| requires |
institutional mediation of freedom
ⓘ
recognition among individuals ⓘ |
| translation | ethical life ⓘ |
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