Realismus Ladislava Hejdánka

• Authors: Tomáš Hejduk

Title variants

EN

The realism of Ladislav Hejdánek

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The familiar division of political thinkers into moralists and realists leads the author to the question of how to classify Ladislav Hejdánek’s unique yet ambiguous approach to public weal and matters politic. Does Hejdánek base his understanding of democracy and liberalism (and of liberties an drights thereunto appertaining) on morality (on philosophy or on system theory) or does he recognise the primacy of matters politic? Though in Hejdánek’s writings moral appeals are frequent and fundamental, the author seeks to show that realism prevails. In the present text, the author delineates the specific realism of this Czech thinker more precisely by analysing Hejdánek’s texts, especially his Epistles to a Friend.

Keywords

EN

Ladislav Hejdánek; truth; selfishness; realism; moralism

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 2, Special No: Hledání ztraceného času
• Pages: 271-285
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Tomáš Hejduk

• Filosofický časopis, redakce, Filosofický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic