Sara MacDonald is associate professor and director of the Great Books Program at St. Thomas University, Canada. Barry Craig is associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and vice-president (academic) at St. Thomas University, Canada.

This useful book explores, and defends, Hegel’s political philosophy in response to Leo Strauss’s critique of Hegel’s defense of modernity. The authors have some sympathy for Strauss’s critique of modernity, but they argue that Hegel anticipated Strauss’s reservations about modernity, and they agree with Hegel, contra Strauss, that virtue and freedom can be reconciled.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter One: Strauss’s Critique of ModernityChapter Two: Faith and ReasonChapter Three: Hegelian FreedomChapter Four: Modern MoralityChapter Five: Ethical RealitiesConclusion

Sara MacDonald is associate professor and director of the Great Books Program at St. Thomas University, Canada. Barry Craig is associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and vice-president (academic) at St. Thomas University, Canada.

This useful book explores, and defends, Hegel’s political philosophy in response to Leo Strauss’s critique of Hegel’s defense of modernity. The authors have some sympathy for Strauss’s critique of modernity, but they argue that Hegel anticipated Strauss’s reservations about modernity, and they agree with Hegel, contra Strauss, that virtue and freedom can be reconciled.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter One: Strauss’s Critique of ModernityChapter Two: Faith and ReasonChapter Three: Hegelian FreedomChapter Four: Modern MoralityChapter Five: Ethical RealitiesConclusion

Sara MacDonald is associate professor and director of the Great Books Program at St. Thomas University, Canada. Barry Craig is associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and vice-president (academic) at St. Thomas University, Canada.

This useful book explores, and defends, Hegel’s political philosophy in response to Leo Strauss’s critique of Hegel’s defense of modernity. The authors have some sympathy for Strauss’s critique of modernity, but they argue that Hegel anticipated Strauss’s reservations about modernity, and they agree with Hegel, contra Strauss, that virtue and freedom can be reconciled.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter One: Strauss’s Critique of ModernityChapter Two: Faith and ReasonChapter Three: Hegelian FreedomChapter Four: Modern MoralityChapter Five: Ethical RealitiesConclusion