The Owl of Minerva

Volume 43, Issue 1/2, 2011/2012

Allen Speight
Pages 125-138

Conscientious Agency and the Life of Modernity
Comments on Dean Moyar, "Hegel's Conscience"

Dean Moyar’s Hegel’s Conscience represents a set of achievements that I discuss in three sections: (1) the meaning of conscience in everyday moral discourse, (2) the interpretation of Hegel’s treatment of conscience, and (3) the importance of Hegel’s view of conscience for contemporary ethical/political discussion.