Kant on Human Dignity (eBook)

Acknowledgments 9
Abbreviations 11
Introduction 13
Part I Respect for Others 21
Chapter 1: Kant’s Conception of Value 26
Introduction 26
Section 1: Kant on Value as a Property 26
Section 2: Kant’s Argument Against Value as a Foundation 35
Section 3: Alternative Conceptions of Value 39
Section 4: Kant’s Conception of Absolute Inner Value 44
Section 5: The Appearance of ‘Value’ in Kant’s Works 51
Conclusion 63
Chapter 2: The Value of Humanity 65
Introduction 65
Section 1: Korsgaard’s Regress Argument 67
Section 2: Korsgaard’s Modified Argument 81
Section 3: Allen Wood’s Modified Regress Argument 87
Section 4: Guyer on the Value of Freedom 91
Section 5: The Value of a Morally Good Will 99
Results of this Chapter 107
Chapter 3: Kant’s Formula of Humanity 108
Introduction 108
Section 1: The Formula of Humanity Passage (GMS 4:427–9) 109
Section 2: The Justification for Respect 125
Section 3: The Application of the Formula of Humanity 130
Section 4: The Emptiness Objection 147
Conclusion 152
Part II Kant’s Conception of Dignity 153
Chapter 4: Three Paradigms of Dignity 158
Introduction 158
Section 1: The Contemporary Paradigm of Dignity 159
Section 2: The Traditional Paradigm of Dignity 164
Section 3: The Differences Between the Two Conceptions 173
Section 4: Kant and the Traditional Paradigm 176
Concluding Remarks 185
Chapter 5: Kant’s Conception of Human Dignity 186
Introduction 186
Section 1: The Appearance of ‘Dignity’ in Kant’s Works 189
Section 2: Dignity in the Groundwork 192
Section 3: Dignity in the Doctrine of Virtue 203
Section 4: The Relevance of Kant’s Conception of Dignity 214
Concluding Remarks 223
Conclusion 225
References 227
Author Index 237
Subject Index 241