Family
Hegelian concept
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Developed in
For precisely this reason, right is not at home in the family. Hegel says that what belongs to the individual emerges "into the form of right" "only insofar as the family passes over into dissolution" (§ 159). Family law applies where the unity breaks down or never existed.
Cross-references
Wichtig für das recht
The first stage of ethical life, whose content is love — a unity in which the members do not stand opposed to one another as persons but as moments of a whole.
Entwickelt in
For precisely this reason, right is not at home in the family. Hegel says that what belongs to the individual emerges "into the form of right" "only insofar as the family passes over into dissolution" (§ 159). Family law applies where the unity breaks down or never existed.
Systematischer ort
Ethical Life, Right, Property