Kant’s Concept of Dignity

Published by De Gruyter 2020

Kant’s Concept of Dignity

Edited by: Yasushi Kato and Gerhard Schönrich

Volume 209 in the series Kantstudien-Ergänzungshefte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110661491

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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).

Extensive examination of Kant's concept of dignity
Tension between Kant and modern concepts of dignify
Connections between dignity and human rights

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Yasushi Kato, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, Gerhard Schönrich, University of Technology Dresden, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Abbreviations of Kant’s Works Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction Yasushi Kato and Gerhard Schönrich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Absoluteness and Contingency. Kant’s Use of the Concept of Dignity Christoph Horn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
From Würde to Würde der Kreatur Dignity in nature ethics and its Kantian roots Dieter Birnbacher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Kant’s Theory of Dignity: A Fitting-Attitude Analysis of a Value Gerhard Schönrich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
A Semi-Kantian Account of Dignity. Passing the Buck whilst Regulating Reasons for Human Rights Reza Mosayebi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Kantian Dignity Semantics. An unreliable Resource for Human Rights Culture Matthias Kettner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
The Moralization of Human Dignity in Kant’s Ethics Saneyuki Yamatsuta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Kant’s “Idea” of Dignity. Value and Moral Elevation in the Groundlaying Susan Meld Shell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
How to Respect Someone’s Dignity Oliver Sensen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
The Kingdom of Ends as an Ideal and a Constraint on Moral Legislation Thomas E. Hill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
In the Realm of Ends – Kant on Autonomy and Dignity Dieter Sturma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
End in Itself and Dignity Allen Wood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
The Heuristic Use of the Concept of Dignity in Kantian Philosophy Yasushi Kato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
The Fate of Dignity: How Words Matter Karl Ameriks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
The dignity of the state in Kant’s Doctrine of Right Katrin Flikschuh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Kant on patriotism: ‘civic dignity’ and ‘way of thinking’ Takuya Saito Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327

(Deutsch)

Languages: English, German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars, institutes, and libraries (philosophy, political science, law, theology)
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 330
Keywords: Dignity; human rights; autonomy; ethics

eBook

Published: December 16, 2019
ISBN: 9783110661491

Hardcover

Published: December 16, 2019
ISBN: 9783110661200