Kant, Respect and Injustice (Routledge Revivals) The Limits of Liberal Moral Theory

Zusammenfassung Explores the different notions of respect, equality and dependency in Kant's moral writings. This work illuminates central tensions and contradictions not only within Kant's moral philosophy, but within the thinking and feeling about human dignity and social inequality which we take very much for granted within a liberal moral culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Respect, Equality and the Autonomy of Morality 2. Respect and Human Nature 3. Respect and Dignity 4. Respect, Impartiality and the Moral Law 5. Respect, Independence and Self-sufficiency 6. Obligation and Inequality 7. Liberalism, Inequality and Social Dependence 8. Liberalism and the Autonomy of Morality

Product details

• Authors: Victor Seidler, Victor Seidler, Seidler Victor, Victor Jeleniewski Seidler
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 23.10.2009
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780415570930
• ISBN: 978-0-415-57093-0
• Pages: 260
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social Inequality, PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Human Dignity, Ethics and moral philosophy, autonomy theory, subordination relations, liberalism and dependency, rationalist ethics