The System of Ethics
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The System of Ethics is a foundational philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops his idealist moral philosophy and theory of human freedom.
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book
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philosophical work → |
| author |
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
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| centralClaim |
all moral obligation is grounded in the self-positing activity of the I
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freedom is the basis of morality → the moral law arises from the structure of self-consciousness → |
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Germany
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| developsConcept |
freedom as self-determination
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intersubjectivity → moral vocation of the human being → self-positing I → summons to self-activity → |
| fieldOfStudy |
ethics
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moral philosophy → philosophy → |
| follows |
Foundations of the Entire Science of Knowledge
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| genre |
systematic treatise
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| hasPart |
doctrine of moral law
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theory of duty → theory of freedom → theory of rights → |
| hasPhilosophicalSchool |
transcendental idealism
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| influenced |
19th-century moral philosophy
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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling → Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel → German idealism → |
| influencedBy |
Critique of Practical Reason
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Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals → Immanuel Kant → |
| language |
German
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| mainTopic |
autonomy
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duty → ethics → human freedom → idealism → moral law → moral philosophy → practical reason → rights → self-consciousness → |
| period |
German classical philosophy
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| philosophicalDiscipline |
meta-ethics
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normative ethics → philosophy of action → political philosophy → |
| philosophicalTradition |
German idealism
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Immanuel Hermann Fichte
("System der Ethik")
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte → |
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Fichtean idealism
("System of Ethics")
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