▁law ▁and ▁the ▁" right ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁powerful " ▁was ▁sufficient ▁( § 2 5 8 ). ▁The ▁absence ▁of ▁law ▁character ized ▁for ▁H eg el ▁desp ot ism , ▁whether ▁monarch ist ▁or ▁och loc rac ist ▁( § 2 7 8 ). ▁ ▁Sum mary ▁The ▁Philosoph y ▁of ▁Right ▁( as ▁it ▁is ▁usually ▁called ) ▁begins ▁with ▁a ▁discussion ▁of ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁the ▁free ▁will ▁and ▁arg ues ▁that ▁the ▁free ▁will ▁can ▁only ▁realize ▁itself ▁in ▁the ▁complicated ▁social ▁context ▁of ▁property ▁rights ▁and ▁relations , ▁contract s , ▁moral ▁commit ments , ▁family ▁life , ▁the ▁economy , ▁the ▁legal ▁system , ▁and ▁the ▁polity . ▁A ▁person ▁is ▁not ▁truly ▁free , ▁in ▁other ▁words , ▁unless ▁he ▁is ▁a ▁particip ant ▁in ▁all ▁of ▁these ▁different ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁the ▁state . ▁ ▁The ▁bulk ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁is ▁devoted ▁to ▁discuss ing ▁H eg el ' s ▁three ▁spher es ▁or ▁versions ▁of ▁' right ,' ▁each ▁one ▁larger ▁than ▁the ▁preceding ▁ones ▁and ▁en comp ass ing ▁them . ▁The ▁first ▁sphere ▁is ▁abstract ▁right ▁( Re cht ), ▁in ▁which ▁H eg el ▁discuss es ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁' non - inter ference ' ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁of ▁respect ing ▁others . ▁He ▁de ems ▁this ▁ins u fficient ▁and ▁moves ▁onto ▁the ▁second ▁sphere , ▁mor ality ▁( M oral ität ). ▁Under ▁this , ▁H eg el ▁propos es ▁that ▁humans ▁reflect ▁their ▁own ▁subject