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104Agency and practical identity: A Hegelian response to KorsgaardMetaphilosophy 42 (4): 368-375. 2011.Abstract: This article argues that Christine Korsgaard's stimulating claim that practical identity is at the foundation of agency is weakened by her reliance on a Kantian conception of freedom. The commitments that make up our practical identity are, the article suggests, better described through a system like Hegel's that attends to the nature of and connection among different kinds of commitments. Beginning with such an analysis allows us better to describe human agency; it also enables us to …Read more
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Aesthetics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
19th Century Philosophy |
Hegel: Ethics |
Hegel: Aesthetics |
Hegel: The State |
Hegel: Patriotism |