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The Master's Problem: Revisiting Hegel's Critique of Social Domination

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper argues for a reinterpretation of Hegel's internal critique of the master in his famous ‘Master–Slave Dialectic.’ Hegel argues that, in addition to the evident injustice suffered by the enslaved, the arrangement also undermines the master's own purposes.
Stephen Cunniff
wiley   +1 more source

Retrieving Your Concepts: Iris Murdoch on Original Sin

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract In The Sovereignty of Good, Iris Murdoch argues that our moral thinking will be impoverished until it possesses a secular conception of original sin. Such a notion would need to remove unacceptable Christian baggage while retaining a genuine claim to be a descendant of the original Christian concept.
Samuel Filby
wiley   +1 more source

Speculative Unity in Hegel's Restrictive Identity Claim

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract Hegel identifies thought with the ‘in itself’ of things. It is common to read the statement as an unrestricted claim regarding Hegel's metaphysical view of reality. I argue it should be read as the expression of what speculative truth achieves.
Ana Vieyra
wiley   +1 more source

Difference and the Liberation of Sufficient Reason

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract The Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) holds that every event and entity can be explained by a sufficient reason or cause. Philosophers have long struggled with the question of the PSR's compatibility with freedom, for if what occurs or exists follows necessarily from its sufficient reason then it seems it could not have been otherwise ...
Louis Matheou
wiley   +1 more source

Trapped in the Cave: Toward a Platonic Theory of Ideology

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper is about showing that Plato has a theory of ideology in the broadly Marxist sense of distorted self‐consciousness of social life. Focusing on the Allegory of the Cave and related passages in the Republic, the paper argues that in the Cave, Plato illustrates the social mediation of human psychology, which contributes to the soul's ...
John D. Proios
wiley   +1 more source

Why Does Mengzi Consider Human Nature Good?

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay examines the theoretical relation between moral sentiments and the goodness of human nature in Mengzi's moral philosophy. Mengzi's claim that human nature is good is often understood through the heart of compassion and the sages' exemplary achievements.
Dobin Choi
wiley   +1 more source

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