Hegel, Norms and Ontology

Saunders, Joe

Abstract

This paper lays out two recent accounts of Hegel's practical philosophy in order to present a challenge. According to Robert Stern and Mark Alznauer, Hegel attempts to ground our ethical practices in ontological norms. I argue that we cannot ground our ethical practices in this way. However, I also contend that Stern's and Alznauer's conception of reality as both conceptual and normative can still play a useful role in practical philosophy, namely, to help defuse a sceptical worry about a threat to ethics.

Citation

Saunders, J. (2019). Hegel, Norms and Ontology. History of Philosophy Quarterly, 36(3), 279-297

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 8, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Jul 3, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019-07
• Deposit Date: Oct 21, 2019
• Journal: History of Philosophy Quarterly
• Print ISSN: 0740-0675
• Electronic ISSN: 2152-1026
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 279-297
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1282112
• Publisher URL: https://hpq.press.uillinois.edu/36/3/saunders.html