Hegel on Action

by Arto Laitinen, Constantine Sandis

Overview

This unique collection focuses on Hegel's Philosophy of Action as it relates to current concerns. Including key papers by Taylor, MacIntyre, and McDowell as well as eleven especially commissioned contributions, it aims to readdress the dialogue between Hegel and contemporary philosophy of action.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230229082
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/13/2010
Series:	Philosophers in Depth
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

KATERINA DELIGIORGI is Senior Lecturer at the University of Sussex, UK STEPHEN HOULGATE is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, UK DUDLEY KNOWLES is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, UK ALASDAIR MACINTYRE is Permanent Senior Research Fellow at Notre Dame University, USA JOHN MCDOWELL is Distinguished University Professor at Pittsburgh, USA FRANCESCA MENEGONI is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Padua, Italy DEAN MOYAR is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, USA TERRY PINKARD is Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, USA ROBERT B. PIPPIN is the Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought, the Department of Philosophy, and the College at the University of Chicago, USA MICHAEL QUANTE is Full Professor of Practical Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Germany HANS-CHRISTOPHSCHMIDT AM BUSCH is Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Magdeburg, Germany and Visiting Scholar at the Institut für Sozialforschung in Frankfurt, Germany ALLEN SPEIGHT is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston University, USA CHARLES TAYLOR is Professor of Philosophy at McGill University, Canada ALLEN W. WOOD is Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor at Stanford University, USA

Table of Contents

List of Tables ix

Preface and Acknowledgements x

Notes on Contributors xii

List of Abbreviations xvi

1 Introduction: Hegel and Contemporary Philosophy of Action Arto Laitinen Constantine Sandis 1

2 Hegel and the Philosophy of Action Charles Taylor 22

3 Hegel on Actions, Reasons, and Causes Dudley Knowles 42

4 Hegel's Social Theory of Agency: The 'Inner-Outer' Problem Robert B. Pippin 59

5 Towards a Reading of Hegel on Action in the 'Reason' Chapter of the Phenomenology John McDowell 79

6 Doing without Agency: Hegel's Social Theory of Action Katerina Deligiorgi 97

7 Hegel on Responsibility for Actions and Consequences Allen W. Wood 119

8 Freedom and the Lifeworld Terry Pinkard 137

9 Action, Right and Morality in Hegel's Philosophy of Right Stephen Houlgate 155

10 Hegel on Faces and Skulls Alasdair MacIntyre 176

11 What Does it Mean to 'Make Oneself Into An Object'? In Defense of a Key Notion of Hegel's Theory of Action Hans-Christoph Schmidt am Busch 189

12 Hegel's Planning Theory of Agency Michael Quante 212

13 Hegel, Narrative and Agency Allen Speight 232

14 Action Between Conviction and Recognition in Hegel's Critique of the Moral Worldviews Francesca Menegoni 244

15 Hegel and Agent-Relative Reasons Dean Moyar 260

Bibliography 281

Index 291

Editorial Reviews

'They have produced an interesting, rich, and challenging volume.' - Robert R. Williams, University of Illinois-Chicago

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