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6 - The Inner Ocean

from Part II - Against Traditional Accounts of Human Dignity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2021

Colin Bird
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University of Virginia
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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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  • The Inner Ocean
  • Colin Bird, University of Virginia
  • Book: Human Dignity and Political Criticism
  • Online publication: 24 September 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108937597.007
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  • The Inner Ocean
  • Colin Bird, University of Virginia
  • Book: Human Dignity and Political Criticism
  • Online publication: 24 September 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108937597.007
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  • The Inner Ocean
  • Colin Bird, University of Virginia
  • Book: Human Dignity and Political Criticism
  • Online publication: 24 September 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108937597.007
Available formats
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