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This chapter argues that Schopenhauer’s political philosophy is conservative in character , whereas his moral philosophy has progressive applications to social and political life. While not inconsistent, this does confound Schopenhauer’s expectation that the perfect implementation of his conception of political justice will be coextensive with the perfect collective realization of moral justice.
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Woods, D. (2017). Schopenhauer on the State and Morality . In: Shapshay, S. (eds) The Palgrave Schopenhauer Handbook. Palgrave Handbooks in German Idealism. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62947-6_15
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