Kant on Human Dignity

✍ Scribed by Oliver Sensen

Publisher: de Gruyter
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 237
Series: Kantstudien (Book 166)
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Kant is often considered the source of the contemporary idea of human dignity, but his conception of human dignity and its relation to human value and the requirement to respect others have not been widely understood. Kant on Human Dignity offers the first in-depth study in English of this subject.

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