Abstract Right
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Abstract Right is the section of Hegel’s *Philosophy of Right* that analyzes the most basic, formal principles of law, property, and individual rights prior to moral or social considerations.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abstract Right canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical concept
ⓘ
section of a philosophical work ⓘ |
| aimsAt | conceptual foundation of legal right ⓘ |
| analyzes |
basic principles of law
ⓘ
formal principles of individual rights ⓘ formal principles of property ⓘ |
| author |
G. W. F. Hegel
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surface form:
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
|
| characterizedAs |
formal and indeterminate right
ⓘ
most abstract level of right ⓘ |
| concerns |
external relations between persons
ⓘ
legally valid possession ⓘ transfer of property ⓘ violation of right ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | concrete ethical institutions ⓘ |
| definesRightAs | existence of the free will in the external world ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
ethical life
ⓘ
morality ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
formal equality of persons
ⓘ
universality of legal personality ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
formal legality rather than morality
ⓘ
rights of the individual person ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation | foundation for modern legal and rights theories in Hegelian scholarship ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early 19th-century German philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Roman law concepts of property and contract
ⓘ
modern natural law tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginal | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Philosophy of Right
ⓘ
surface form:
Part One of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right
|
| method | dialectical development of legal categories ⓘ |
| originalTitleSection | Abstraktes Recht ⓘ |
| partOf |
Philosophy of Right
ⓘ
surface form:
Elements of the Philosophy of Right
|
| precedes |
Ethical Life
ⓘ
surface form:
Ethical Life (Sittlichkeit)
Morality (Moralität) ⓘ |
| presupposes | free will in its abstract form ⓘ |
| publishedIn | 1821 ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Hegelian concept of freedom ⓘ |
| separates |
right from moral intention
ⓘ
right from social context ⓘ |
| subdividedInto |
Contract
ⓘ
Property ⓘ Wrong (Unrecht) ⓘ |
| treatsConcept |
contract
ⓘ
person ⓘ property ⓘ wrong (Unrecht) ⓘ |
| treatsRightAs | right of the person as such ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Hegel studies
ⓘ
legal philosophy discourse ⓘ |
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