Which of the following features of Hegel’s Theory of State are correct? (i) State is a super-organism.…
In G.W.F. Hegel’s idealist philosophy of right, the State is conceived as an ethical super-organism, “the march of God on Earth,” an absolute end in itself, and the highest…
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Which of the following features of Hegel’s Theory of State are correct?
(i) State is a super-organism.
(ii) It is “The march of God on Earth”.
(iii) It is an end in itself.
(iv) It is unchecked by any moral law, for it itself is the creator of morality.
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Correct answer D
In G.W.F. Hegel’s idealist philosophy of right, the State is conceived as an ethical super-organism, “the march of God on Earth,” an absolute end in itself, and the highest realization of ethical life (Sittlichkeit) that transcends private individual morality. Therefore, (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) are all correct.
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