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This book argues that since the categorical imperative amounts to “duty for duty’s sake” and the content of one’s maxim must be presupposed, Kant’s ethical theory is “empty formalism.” This book’s preface argues that philosophers must study the world as it actually is by referencing Aesop’s Boastful Athlete, who is told “Suppose this is Rhodes, now jump!” This book concludes that free will is grounded in the freedom of others based on its examination of property, which it argues is (*) relational rather than natural. This book describes the right to non-interference, respect for others as subjects, and the individual’s integration into civil society as the three “spheres” of abstract right, morality, and ethical life, (10[1])or recht, morälitat, and sittlichkeit. This book analogizes our understanding of history to the owl of Minerva. For 10 points, name this work of ethical and political (10[1])theory by G. W. F. Hegel. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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