{"product_id":"9781438457550","title":"The Ethics of Democracy: A Contemporary Reading of Hegel's Philosophy of Right","description":"\u003ci\u003eDemonstrates how the ethical underpinning of Hegel’s political and social philosophy has relevance for contemporary democratic life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe legal regulations and formal rules of democracy alone are not enough to hold a society together and govern its processes. Yet the irreducible ethical pluralism that characterizes contemporary society seems to make it impossible to impose a single system of values as a source of social cohesion and identity reference. In this book, Lucio Cortella argues that Hegel’s theory of ethical life can provide such a grounding and makes the case through an analysis of Hegel’s central political work, the \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Right\u003c\/i\u003e. Although Hegel did not support democratic political ends and wrote in a historical and cultural context far removed from the current liberal-democratic scene, Cortella maintains that the Hegelian theory of ethical life, with its emphasis on securing a framework conducive to human freedom, nevertheless offers a convincing response to the problem of the ethical uprootedness of contemporary democracy.","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127811621104,"sku":"9781438457550","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781438457550_p0.jpg?v=1763756448","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781438457550","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}