True dignity’ and ‘respect-worthiness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6190883 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sunday Adeniyi Fasoro (Department of Philosophy Technische Universität Berlin Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany), Adeniyi Fasoro (0000-0002-3879-9423, Technische Universität Berlin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 207-223 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1210-3055 • E-ISSN: 1337-401X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/humaff-2019-0017 |
| OpenAlex | W2945788057 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 33 |
In the Groundwork, Kant seems to make two paradoxical claims about the source of human dignity. First, he claims that if “rational nature exists as an end in itself” (Kant, 1998, p. 36), it is because “humanity is... dignity, insofar it is capable of morality” (Kant, 1998, p. 42). Second, he claims that although “autonomy is the ground of the dignity of human nature and of every rational nature” (Kant, 1998, p. 43), the human being can only have “dignity... insofar he fulfils all his duties” (Kant, 1998, p. 46). This paper argues that neither claim is repugnant because Kant seeks to advance two kinds of dignity. Kant intends to elucidate that the human being possesses a basic ‘entitled dignity’ in virtue of his capacity for morality, but that he needs to become a moral being in order for him to realise his ‘true dignity’. This paper claims that the formal condition under which a person can be worthy of respect is identical with the condition of realising his ‘true dignity
Autonomy · Dignity · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Humanity · Morality · Political science · Theology · Virtue · Free Will and Agency · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · War, Ethics, and Justification
Honor, History, and Relationship
Lectures on Logic
Kant and the Fate of Autonomy
Critique of the Power of Judgment
Immanuel Kant
Groundwork of The Metaphysic of Morals
Kant on Human Dignity
Kant on Freedom, Law, and Happiness
Two Kinds of Respect
Humanity as an Idea, as an Ideal, and as an End in Itself
A Plausible Kantian Argument Against Moralism
Kant's concept of dignity and modern political thought
On the Value of Acting from the Motive of Duty
What Should We Treat as an End in Itself
The Value of Humanity in Kant's Moral Theory
The Value of Autonomy and Autonomy of the Will
I. Kant after Virtue 1
Value and Law in Kant’s Moral Theory
The Value of Agency The Practice of Moral Judgment. Barbara Herman
Pufendorf on Natural Equality, Human Dignity, and Self-Esteem
Kant's Moral and Political Cosmopolitanism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |