Noch einmal: Zum Verhältnis von Moralität und Sittlichkeit : Vortrag an der Universität Frankfurt, 19. Juni 2019

Abstract: Ever since Hegel made poignant the difference between morality and ethical life (“Sittlichkeit”), philosophical discourse in the traditions that developed subsequently, up to and including the Frankfurt school, has oscillated between those poles. This paper starts out with a short exposition of autonomy as one of the few large-scale innovations in the history of philosophy and then proceeds to discuss Hegel’s concept of “Sittlichkeit” and the objections to be raised against it from a Kantian point of view. Political theory, however, has to move beyond pure normativism and consider actual social relations of power, as Marx disclosed. Mapping out this winding trajectory from Kant to Marx provides some perspective that may be illuminating for challenging present-day issues.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Noch einmal: Zum Verhältnis von Moralität und Sittlichkeit ; volume:67 ; number:5 ; year:2019 ; pages:729-743 ; extent:15 ; Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie ; 67, Heft 5 (2019), 729-743 (gesamt 15)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Habermas, Jürgen

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/dzph-2019-0055
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2412021459455.491412592224
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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