The ethical disposition within this system is therefore that of rectitude and the lOur of one's estate, so that each individual, by a process of self determination, makes himself a member of one of the moments of civil society through his activity, diligence, and skill, and supports himself in this capacity; and only through this mediation with the universal does he simultaneously provide for himself and gain recognition in his own eyes Vorstell zg and in the eyes of others.