Kant's Concept of Dignity

Yasushi Kato, Gerhard Schönrich

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9783110662009
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Modern Philosophy

Nearly all philosophers refer to Kant when debating the concept of dignity, and many approve of Kant's conception, unaware of the tensions between Kant's conception and the modern idea of dignity intimately connected to the idea of human rights. What exactly is Kant's conception of dignity? Is there a connecting tie between dignity and the legal sphere of human rights at all? Does Kant's concept refer to a superior status human beings seem to own in comparison to non-rational beings? Or does it refer to an absolute value? The contributions of this volume are organised in five broader topics. In the first section tensions within the Kantian conception of dignity are discussed (C. Horn, D. Birnbacher, G. Schönrich). The second group of articles illuminates the intimate connections between dignity and human rights (R. Mosayebi, M. Kettner). The third group discusses the prevailing moral conception of dignity (S. Yamatsuta, S. Shell, O. Sensen). The fourth group focuses on the relation of dignity and end in itself (T. Hill, D. Sturma, A. Wood). The central theme of the fifth group of contributions are the social, political, and cultural dimensions of dignity (Y. Kato, K. Ameriks, K. Flikschuh, T. Saito).

Person Index

A

• Abbt, Thomas 1
• Adams, John Q. 1
• Allais, Lucy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Allison, Henry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Alston, Philip 1
• Ameriks, Karl 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Anderson, Elizabeth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
• Annas, Julia 1
• Apel, Karl-Otto 1, 2, 3
• Appiah, Kwame A. 1, 2, 3, 4
• Aquinas, Thomas 1, 2, 3, 4
• Arendt, Hannah 1
• Aretin, Karl Otmar Freiherr von 1
• Ashby, Eric 1

B

• Bacin, Stefano 1, 2
• Badiou, Alain 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
• Balzer, Philipp 1
• Barak, Aharon 1
• Baranzke, Heike 1, 2, 3
• Baron, Marcia W. 1
• Baston-Vogt, Marion 1
• Bayefsky, Rachel 1, 2
• Beitz, Charles R. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Bergen, Doris 1
• Berger, Peter 1, 2, 3
• Beylevel...

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations of Kant’s Works
• Introduction
• Absoluteness and Contingency. Kant’s Use of the Concept of Dignity
• From Würde to Würde der Kreatur Dignity in nature ethics and its Kantian roots
• Kant’s Theory of Dignity: A Fitting-Attitude Analysis of a Value
• A Semi-Kantian Account of Dignity. Passing the Buck whilst Regulating Reasons for Human Rights
• Kantian Dignity Semantics. An unreliable Resource for Human Rights Culture
• The Moralization of Human Dignity in Kant’s Ethics
• Kant’s “Idea” of Dignity Value and Moral Elevation in the Groundlaying
• How to Respect Someone’s Dignity
• The Kingdom of Ends as an Ideal and a Constraint on Moral Legislation
• In the Realm of Ends – Kant on Autonomy and Dignity
• End in Itself and Dignity
• The Heuristic Use of the Concept of Dignity in Kantian Philosophy
• The Fate of Dignity: How Words Matter
• The dignity of the state in Kant’s Doctrine of Right
• Kant on patriotism: ‘civic dignity’ and ‘way of thinking’
• List of Contributors
• Person Index