- Dr.Sarita Devi. Hegel's Theory of the State
The State as the End and the Individual as the Means - According to Hegel, the state is the ultimate truth and reality itself; therefore, it is an end in itself. The individual is merely a reflection of the state and is therefore nothing more than a means. In his "Philosophy of History," Hegel wrote, "All the worth which the human being possesses, all spiritual reality, he possesses only through the State."
Gettell wrote, "Hegel rejected the revolutionary theory that the state originated artificially through a contract. He maintained that the state is a natural organism and an aspect of the historical world process."
Joad drew three conclusions about Hegel's theory of the state:
(1) "The state never acts in an unrepresentative manner. Thus, the policeman who arrests the thief and the magistrate who sends him to prison are both, in reality, expressing the thief's social will (Real Will)."²
The State as the End and the Individual as the Means - According to Hegel, the state is the ultimate truth and reality itself; therefore, it is an end in itself. The individual is merely a reflection of the state and is therefore nothing more than a means. In his "Philosophy of History," Hegel wrote, "All the worth which the human being possesses, all spiritual reality, he possesses only through the State."
Gettell wrote, "Hegel rejected the revolutionary theory that the state originated artificially through a contract. He maintained that the state is a natural organism and an aspect of the historical world process."
Joad drew three conclusions about Hegel's theory of the state:
(1) "The state never acts in an unrepresentative manner. Thus, the policeman who arrests the thief and the magistrate who sends him to prison are both, in reality, expressing the thief's social will (Real Will)."²
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