ETHICAL MEDIATION IN THE PRIVATE SPHERE OF HEGEL'S PHILOSOPHY OF RIGHT

In the present paper we analyze a number of institutions that are fundamental for the mediation between the state and civil society, according to Elements of the Philosophy of Right. Such analysis is limited to the private sphere of civil society, and for that reason we explain especially the mediatory nature of the system of necessities, the social estates, and the corporation. We approach Hegelian civil society from the point of view of the private interest and consequently we analyze firstly the system of necessities and secondly the corporation. The analysis of the system of necessities leads us to explain the mediation of labor, the social states, and the role that the administration of justice and the "police" have, in accordance with the Hegelian Rechtsphilosophie. The exposition of the corporation as an ethical mediation in the private sphere, leads us to explain the kind of intersubjective recognition which is produced in this area, as well as the political dimension that is inherent to corporative practices.