Date of Award
3-15-2010
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Philosophy
First Advisor
Sebastian Rand - Committee Chair
Second Advisor
Andrew Altman - Committee Member
Third Advisor
Jessica Berry - Committee Member
Abstract
Recent scholarship on Hegel has employed the Wittgensteinian concept of a "form of life" in order to explain how sociality shapes and determines the reflective practices of self-conscious individuals. However, few of these scholars have considered how the non-reflective aspects of inhabiting a form of life- especially the abilities to form habits and to have feelings- contribute to the reflective aspects. In this thesis I argue that this oversight leads to serious exegetical and philosophical problems for making sense of Hegel's theory of ethical life. Not only does Hegel regard habit and feeling as playing a necessary role in the justification of our reflective practices, but he is right to do so, since, were he not to consider these factors, he could not account for how any of our moral claims could be justified.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1340699
Recommended Citation
Glazer, Walter Philip, "The Justificatory Role of Habit in Hegel's Theory of Ethical Life." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2010.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1340699