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Robert Pippin, « Rationalité et priorité de la vie éthique selon Hegel », Revue germanique internationale, ID : 10.4000/rgi.826
Given that Hegel defends some form of a « rational self-determination » model of autonomy, the question is why Hegel identifies the exercise of practical rationality with participation in the institutions of modern ethical life. His position has been controversial because part of his answer is that these institutions correspond to « the logical determinations of the Idea », but this constitutes only objective rationality and there is little consensus about what he identifies as the subjective side of practical rationality; reasons « for me ». The argument here is that what Hegel wants to say about this subjective rationality can be illuminated by attention to the « internalism » requirement in modern theories of moral motivation, and that such considerations are especially important in understanding Hegel’s claims about actual (wirklich) or « effective » freedom.