Ethical Life
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Ethical Life is Hegel’s concept of a concrete social and institutional order in which individual freedom is realized through participation in family, civil society, and the state.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ethical Life canonical | 1 |
| Ethical Life (Sittlichkeit) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3092965 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ethical Life Context triple: [Philosophy of Right, hasPart, Ethical Life]
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A.
The Elements of Morality
The Elements of Morality is a 19th-century philosophical treatise by William Whewell that systematically explores ethical theory, moral duties, and the foundations of human conduct.
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B.
The System of Ethics
The System of Ethics is a foundational philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops his idealist moral philosophy and theory of human freedom.
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C.
Ethical Culture
Ethical Culture is a humanist religious and philosophical movement that emphasizes ethical living, social justice, and moral action over theological doctrine.
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D.
The Science of Ethics
The Science of Ethics is a major 19th-century philosophical work by Leslie Stephen that systematically examines moral philosophy and the foundations of ethical theory.
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E.
Ethical Discourses
Ethical Discourses is a collection of spiritual and moral teachings by the Byzantine mystic Symeon the New Theologian, focusing on inner transformation, repentance, and direct experience of God.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ethical Life Target entity description: Ethical Life is Hegel’s concept of a concrete social and institutional order in which individual freedom is realized through participation in family, civil society, and the state.
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A.
The Elements of Morality
The Elements of Morality is a 19th-century philosophical treatise by William Whewell that systematically explores ethical theory, moral duties, and the foundations of human conduct.
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B.
The System of Ethics
The System of Ethics is a foundational philosophical work by Johann Gottlieb Fichte that systematically develops his idealist moral philosophy and theory of human freedom.
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C.
Ethical Culture
Ethical Culture is a humanist religious and philosophical movement that emphasizes ethical living, social justice, and moral action over theological doctrine.
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D.
The Science of Ethics
The Science of Ethics is a major 19th-century philosophical work by Leslie Stephen that systematically examines moral philosophy and the foundations of ethical theory.
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E.
Ethical Discourses
Ethical Discourses is a collection of spiritual and moral teachings by the Byzantine mystic Symeon the New Theologian, focusing on inner transformation, repentance, and direct experience of God.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hegelian concept
ⓘ
philosophical concept ⓘ social philosophy concept ⓘ |
| aimsAt | realization of freedom ⓘ |
| belongsTo | objective spirit ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
abstract right
ⓘ
morality ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
ethical norms embodied in institutions
ⓘ
participation in social practices ⓘ |
| hasAuthor |
G. W. F. Hegel
ⓘ
surface form:
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
|
| hasComponent |
civil society
ⓘ
family ⓘ state ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
actualization of rational freedom
ⓘ
reconciliation of individual and community ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | German ⓘ |
| hasOriginalName | Sittlichkeit ⓘ |
| includesSphere |
constitutional state
ⓘ
corporations in civil society ⓘ marriage ⓘ property relations in civil society ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century social philosophy
ⓘ
communitarian political theory ⓘ |
| isCharacterizedAs |
concrete social order
ⓘ
institutional order ⓘ unity of individual and universal will ⓘ |
| isDiscussedIn |
Philosophy of Right
ⓘ
surface form:
Elements of the Philosophy of Right
|
| isGroundedIn | social institutions ⓘ |
| isInterpretedBy |
Axel Honneth
ⓘ
Charles Taylor ⓘ Jürgen Habermas ⓘ Robert Pippin ⓘ |
| isMediatedBy |
customs
ⓘ
laws ⓘ social practices ⓘ |
| isOpposedTo |
atomistic individualism
ⓘ
purely subjective morality ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Philosophy of Right
ⓘ
surface form:
Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Hegel's practical philosophy ⓘ |
| isStageIn | development of objective spirit ⓘ |
| presupposes |
moral subjectivity
ⓘ
system of rights ⓘ |
| realizes |
individual freedom
ⓘ
social freedom ⓘ |
| requires |
economic institutions
ⓘ
legal institutions ⓘ political institutions ⓘ recognition among individuals ⓘ |
| viewsFreedomAs | being at home in the social world ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ethical Life Description of subject: Ethical Life is Hegel’s concept of a concrete social and institutional order in which individual freedom is realized through participation in family, civil society, and the state.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ethical Life (Sittlichkeit)