Hegel’s Social Ethics: Religion, Conflict, and Rituals of Reconciliation

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By Molly Farneth *14

Published Sept. 5, 2017

Molly Farneth *14 offers a fresh interpretation of G. W. F. Hagel’s most famous book, The Phenomenology of Spirit, showing how Hegel’s model of social ethics informs how many religious communities interact today. Hegel’s Social Ethics (Princeton University Press) makes an important contribution to debates about how to live well with religious and ethical disagreement.

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