Book contents
- Human Dignity and Political Criticism
- Human Dignity and Political Criticism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Part I The Contours of Dignitarian Humanism
- Part II Against Traditional Accounts of Human Dignity
- 5 The Inherent Dignity of the Person
- 6 The Inner Ocean
- 7 Passport-Dignity
- Part III A Revisionist Approach
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - The Inner Ocean
from Part II - Against Traditional Accounts of Human Dignity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 September 2021
- Human Dignity and Political Criticism
- Human Dignity and Political Criticism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Part I The Contours of Dignitarian Humanism
- Part II Against Traditional Accounts of Human Dignity
- 5 The Inherent Dignity of the Person
- 6 The Inner Ocean
- 7 Passport-Dignity
- Part III A Revisionist Approach
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Do the arguments advanced in Chapter 5, if sound, refute Kant’s account of dignity? Not really: here it is important to distinguish Kant’s own position from theories that, while claiming a Kantian provenance, often adapt or depart from it in important ways. Although self-described “Kantians” often carelessly assume that Kant’s position is committed to B-dignity, a close inspection of his actual views reveals that he did not construe moral dignity in exactly these terms. This chapter explains how Kant’s own doctrine departs from that commitment; it goes on to argue, however, that the resulting hybrid only generates a new doubt about traditional understandings of human dignity.
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- Human Dignity and Political Criticism , pp. 81 - 95Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021