Kantian dignity and its difficulties /
Kantian Dignity and its Difficulties defends Kant's doctrine that all human beings have a moral capacity that gives them unconditional dignity. It explains how the reception of this influential doctrine was marred by serious misunderstandings, and how Kant himself fell prey to prejudices incons...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2024].
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| Summary: | Kantian Dignity and its Difficulties defends Kant's doctrine that all human beings have a moral capacity that gives them unconditional dignity. It explains how the reception of this influential doctrine was marred by serious misunderstandings, and how Kant himself fell prey to prejudices inconsistent with the doctrine. The works of J.G. Herder and Richard Price are discussed as providing an important supplement for, and parallel to, what is best in Kant. Thomas Mann's work is then discussed as a paradigmatic example of a transition from a chauvinist reading, influenced by the terrible but highly popular interpretation of Kant by Houston Stewart Chamberlain, to an enlightened understanding of Kant's philosophy, one heavily influenced by Walt Whitman and Novalis. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 226 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-220) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198917627 9780198917625 |