The Nature of Dignity

Ron Bontekoe (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

324 Seiten

2008
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-2407-9 (ISBN)

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The Nature of Dignity is a highly interdisciplinary work of philosophy that focuses primarily on the form of dignity (or nobility of demeanor) that individuals exhibit to varying degrees, rather than the form of dignity that we tend to presume we always already possess simply by virtue of being human. The book contends that the Enlightenment assumptions that have traditionally been appealed to in elucidating our conceptions of human dignity are no longer tenable—most importantly because of what we know about evolutionary biology, but also in light of certain dominant strains in modern political-economic theory. The book argues that, nonetheless, dignity is a value to which we should remain committed, and offers a new set of conceptual underpinnings with which to replace the no longer tenable Enlightenment assumptions of Kant, Locke, and others on this subject.

Ron Bontekoe is professor of philosophy at the University of Hawaii.

Part 1 Dignity in Eclipse Part 2 The Nature of Dignity: A Preliminary Inquiry Part 3 Implications of Human Finitude Part 4 Tragedy and Sacrifice Part 5 Dignity and the Struggle for Survival: Evolutionary Biology Part 6 Dignity and the Struggle for Survival: Political Economics Part 7 Why Embrace the Regulative Ideals?

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.2.2008
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 238 mm
Gewicht	610 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
ISBN-10	0-7391-2407-2 / 0739124072
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-2407-9 / 9780739124079
Zustand	Neuware