Foundations of Natural Right
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Foundations of Natural Right is a seminal philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops a theory of law, rights, and the state grounded in his transcendental idealism.
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book
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philosophical work → |
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte
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| basedOn |
Fichte's transcendental idealism
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| centralConcept |
civil state
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coercion → external freedom → mutual recognition → rightful condition → self-positing I → summons (Aufforderung) → |
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Germany
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| follows |
Foundations of the Entire Science of Knowledge
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treatise
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doctrine of contract
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doctrine of property → doctrine of punishment → theory of right → theory of the state → |
| influenced |
19th-century legal philosophy
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel → modern theories of recognition → |
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Critique of Practical Reason
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Immanuel Kant → Metaphysics of Morals → |
| mainTopic |
freedom
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intersubjectivity → natural right → philosophy of law → political philosophy → rights → theory of the state → |
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early formulation of a theory of mutual recognition
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systematic derivation of a theory of right from the structure of self-consciousness → |
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German
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| originalTitle |
Grundlage des Naturrechts
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| philosophicalClaim |
a system of rights is required for the external freedom of individuals
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coercion can be legitimate when it preserves external freedom according to universal law → the concept of right presupposes relations between free rational agents → the state is justified as a condition for securing rights → |
| philosophicalSchool |
transcendental idealism
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| philosophicalTradition |
German idealism
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| publicationYear |
1796
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1797 → |
| subjectOf |
scholarly commentary in legal philosophy
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scholarly commentary in political philosophy → |
| timePeriod |
late 18th century
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Fichtean idealism
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte
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Foundations of Natural Right
("Grundlage des Naturrechts")
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System of Transcendental Idealism
("Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom")
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relatedWork |