Section 155
Original German
155 In dieser Identität des allgemeinen und besondern Willens fällt somit Pflicht und Recht in Eins und der Mensch hat durch das Sittliche insofern Rechte, als er Pflichten, und Pflichten insofern er Rechte hat. Im abstracten Rechte habe Ich das Recht, und ein Anderer die Pflicht gegen dasselbe, — im Moralischen soll nur das Recht meines eigenen Wissens und Wollens, so wie meines Wohls mit den Pflichten geeint und objectiv seyn.
Musean translation
Machine-assisted Musean translation made directly from Hegel's German in the Berlin Nicolai first edition, dated 1821. Complete preface, introduction and sections 1–360, including the author's remarks and notes; no later Gans additions.
155 In this identity of the universal and the particular will, duty and right thus coincide, and the human being has rights through the ethical insofar as he has duties, and duties insofar as he has rights. In abstract right I have the right, and another has the duty corresponding to it; in the moral sphere only the right of my own knowing and willing, as well as of my welfare, ought to be united with duties and to be objective.
Plain English translation
Independent machine-assisted Plain English translation made directly from the German first-edition source, not from the Musean edition or an existing English translation. Complete preface, introduction and sections 1–360 with the author's remarks and notes.
155 In this identity of the universal and the particular will, duty and right therefore fall together into one. Through the ethical, a person has rights so far as he has duties, and duties so far as he has rights. In abstract right, I have the right, and another has the duty toward it. In the moral, only the right of my own knowing and willing, and of my own well-being, ought to be united with the duties and to be objective.
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Section 155 is part of Elements of the Philosophy of Right by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. This page sets the German original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is section 157 of 362 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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