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In the Philosophy of Right Hegel argues that modern life has produced an individualized freedom that conflicts with the communal forms of life constitutive of Greek ethical life. This individualized freedom is fundamentally unsatisfactory, but it is in modernity seemingly resolved into a more adequate form of social freedom in the family, aspects of civil society, and ultimately the state. This article examines whether Hegel's state can function as a community and by so doing satisfy the need for a substantial ethical life that runs through Hegel's social thought. The article also examines why Hegel does not provide a detailed analysis of community, as a distinct sphere between the private and the public political sphere in the Philosophy of Right, and why it is not a key platform of his social freedom.

Farrell reviews 'Finding Philosophy in Social Science' by Mario Bunge.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the Fifth Edition -- 1 WHAT IS THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE? -- 2 THE METHODOLOGICAL DIVIDE: NATURALISM VERSUS INTERPRETATION -- 3 THE EXPLANATION OF HUMAN ACTION -- 4 ACTIONS, INTENTIONALITY, AND THE MIND- BODY PROBLEM -- 5 BEHAVIORISM IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES -- 6 PROBLEMS OF RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY -- 7 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIETY -- 8 EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE -- 9 HOLISM AND ANTIREDUCTIONISM IN SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY -- 10 FUNCTIONALISM AS A RESEARCH PROGRAM -- 11 SOCIOBIOLOGY OR THE STANDARD SOCIAL SCIENCE MODEL? -- 12 THEORIES OF CULTURAL EVOLUTION -- 13 RESEARCH ETHICS IN SOCIAL INQUIRY -- 14 FACTS AND VALUES IN THE HUMAN SCIENCES -- 15 SOCIAL SCIENCE AND THE ENDURING QUESTIONS OF PHILOSOPHY -- Bibliography -- Index

chapter 1 Approaching contemporary African social and political philosophy -- chapter 2 Sources of contemporary African social and political philosophy -- chapter 3 Exploring the antecedents and precursors of contemporary African social and political philosophy -- chapter 4 Reviewing the African identity discourses: Ethnophilosophy and negritude -- chapter 5 The pan-African movement: From race-based solidarity to political unity and beyond -- chapter 6 African democratic turn -- chapter 7 Approaching African civil society: Paradigms and philosophical backgrounds -- chapter 8 African cultures and globalization.

Applied Legal Philosophy -- Contemporary Legal Philosophy -- Formal Structure of Law -- History of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy -- Justice -- Legal Institutions -- Legal Methods -- Legal Systems -- Liberty and Equality -- Schools of Legal Thought -- Social Philosophy -- The Common Good.-The Science of the Law and Social Sciences -- Theory of Rights.

Will Durant was an influential American philosopher who sought to offer a unified perspective of the whole of Western thought, as well as to present philosophical issues and problems in accessible language that could appeal to a broad audience. In Philosophy and the Social Problem, Durant tackles his greatest concern: that of reducing human misery by changing our social and political institutions