Liberty, right and recognition in Hegel’s Philosophy of Law

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  • Thadeu Weber Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Programas de pós-graduação em Filosofia e em Direito e na graduação em Filosofia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/rechtd.2015.73.09

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to identify and explain the role of recognition in the implementation and actualization of the idea of liberty in Hegel’s Philosophy of Law. This amounts to showing that the realization of individual free will necessarily encompasses the recognition of others and of social institutions. Thus, right, liberty and recognition pass through different levels of actualization. The challenge is to demonstrate that in these instances of mediation the individual wills are not weakened or eliminated, but, because they are mediated and recognized, are guaranteed and strengthened. Thus, the suspicion of “anti-democratic consequences” that is associated with the conception of the Hegelian State is diminished.

Keywords: liberty, recognition, fundamental rights, ethical life.

Author Biography

Thadeu Weber, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Programas de pós-graduação em Filosofia e em Direito e na graduação em Filosofia.

Possui graduação em Filosofia pela Faculdade de Filosofia Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição (1977), mestrado em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (1980) e doutorado em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1992). Atualmente é professor titular da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, nos programas de pós-graduação em Filosofia e Direito e na graduação em Filosofia.

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Published

2015-08-25

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Vol. 7 No. 3 (2015): Setembro/Dezembro

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