POLSC 31 (LT1) - Hegel

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    1. Dialectic logic (U-P-S; Abstract beginning /Immediacy – Mediation/Negation/Particularization – Synthesis/Negation of Negation/Aufhebung)
    • Universal:Possibility 
    1. Immediacy / Abstract beginning / Indeterminacy: “I” ; in-itself – creates dialouge with “I”
    2. Undetermined, simple, not yet articulated. 
    3. Unmediated unity. 
    1. Dialectic logic (U-P-S; Abstract beginning /Immediacy – Mediation/Negation/Particularization – Synthesis/Negation of Negation/Aufhebung)
    • Particular: Particularization, articulation 
    • Mediation / Negation - Negation of the indeterminate unity of the “I”.
    1. “I” as a subject – Knows 
    2. “I” as an object – Known 
    • Moment of Failure – unless you have failed at something, you are comfortable with the “i”.
    1. Dialectic logic (U-P-S; Abstract beginning /Immediacy – Mediation/Negation/Particularization – Synthesis/Negation of Negation/Aufhebung)
    • Singularity: Determination, realization 
    1. Aufhebung: i - in and for itself 
    2. Bring something to a higher level.
    3. Overcomes the opposition.
    4. Negation of the negation
    5. moment of stability
    6. realized, articulated unity
  • 2. Philosophy of Right: a dialectical account of the unfolding/realization of free will/freedom:
    • ABSTRACT RIGHT 
    1. Personality - I. 
    2. Property - externalization of freedom in an abstract level 
    3. Crime - We start seeing the possibility of wrong and crime when we talk about property
  • 2. Philosophy of Right: a dialectical account of the unfolding/realization of free will/freedom:
    • MORALITY
    1. Purpose and guilt
    2. Intention (duty) and happiness
    3. The good and conscience
  • 2. Philosophy of Right: a dialectical account of the unfolding/realization of free will/freedom:
    • ETHICALITY (Sittlichkeit)
    1. Family 
    • Plays a crucial role. 
    • immediate sense of being part of a larger whole 
    1. Civil Society
    • Mediating concept 
    • You participate in the life of the state through the particular form of your profession/engagement 
    • Enables the expression of freewill of individuals 
    1. State
    • Highest ethical unity
    • Ends in tragedy
  • “What is rational is real; and what is real is rational.” – Preface to the Philosophy of Right
    • Our rational understanding of the world is what helps us make sense of what exists and what happens in reality. Rationality and reality are deeply interconnected and heavily influence the other.
  • “What is rational is real; and what is real is rational.” – Preface to the Philosophy of Right
    • The right to spirit is greater than the right of a state, and having an infinite spirit means to have the broadest perspective. 
    • Nature and spirit are the realm of the finite universe, and the realm of the spirit is nature coming to know itself (second nature) 
    • Ideas are merely representations in the realm of opinions.