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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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
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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Philosophy of Right hasPart Abstract Right