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<p><p>one Of The Central Problems In The History Of Moral And Political Philosophy Since Antiquity Has Been To Explain How Human Society And Its Civil Institutions Came Into Being. In Attempting To Solve This Problem Philosophers Developed The Idea Of Natural Law, Which For Many Centuries Was Used To Describe The System Of Fundamental, Rational Principles Presumed Universally To Govern Human Behavior In Society. By The Eighteenth Century The Doctrine Of Natural Law Had Engendered The Related Doctrine Of Natural Rights, Which Gained Reinforcement Most Famously In The American And French Revolutions. According To This View, Human Society Arose Through The Association Of Individuals Who Might Have Chosen To Live Alone In Scattered Isolation And Who, In Coming Together, Were Regarded As Entering Into A Social Contract. <p>in This Important Early Essay, First Published In English In This Definitive Translation In 1975 And Now Returned To Print, Hegel Utterly Rejects The Notion That Society Is Purposely Formed By Voluntary Association. Indeed, He Goes Further Than This, Asserting In Effect That The Laws Brought About In Various Countries In Response To Force, Accident, And Deliberation A

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Author

Hegel, G. W. F.; Knox, T. M.; Acton, H. B.

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812210835

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Law, Education