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This is the first anthology to bring together a selection of the most important contemporary philosophical essays on the nature and moral significance of self-respect. Representing a diversity of views, the essays illustrate the complexity of self-respect and explore its connections to such topics as personhood, dignity, rights, character, autonomy, integrity, identity, shame, justice, oppression and empowerment. The book demonstrates that self-respect is a formidable concern which goes to the very heart of both moral theory and moral life.
The essays address numerous questions: What is it to have self-respect or to respect oneself? How does this differ from self-esteem, pride and confidence? What is it to lack self-respect? Does it matter morally whether a person respects herself? Is self-respect a wholly moral, or morally good, phenomenon? How are self-respect and respect for others related, conceptually and practically? How does self-respect operate in contexts of oppression? In the introduction to the book, Robin S. Dillon provides a comprehensive overview of the issues, placing recent contributions within the philosophical tradition and highlighting the relevance of self-respect to current political concerns.
Contributors: Bernard Boxill, Stephen L. Darwall, John Deigh, Robin S. Dillon, Thomas E. Hill, Jr., Aurel Kolnai, Stephen J. Massey, Diana T. Meyers, Michelle M. Moody-Adams, John Rawls, Gabriele Taylor, Elizabeth Telfer, Laurence L. Thomas.
"This collection consists of fourteen essays, a long introduction, and a useful bibliography. All of these essays have appeared previously-either in philosophy journals or as book chapters-over the last thirty years.." -" Review of Metaphysics, June 1997
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Dignity | p. 53 |
| Servility and Self-Respect | p. 76 |
| Self-Respect and Protest | p. 93 |
| Self-Respect | p. 107 |
| Self-Respect Reconsidered | p. 117 |
| Self-Respect, Excellences, and Shame | p. 125 |
| Shame and Self-Esteem: A Critique | p. 133 |
| Shame, Integrity, and Self-Respect | p. 157 |
| Two Kinds of Respect | p. 181 |
| Is Self-Respect a Moral or a Psychological Concept? | p. 198 |
| Self-Respect and Autonomy | p. 218 |
| Self-Respect: Theory and Practice | p. 251 |
| Race, Class, and the Social Construction of Self-Respect | p. 271 |
| Toward a Feminist Conception of Self-Respect | p. 290 |
| Bibliography | p. 311 |
| Index | p. 320 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9780415907095
ISBN-10: 0415907098
Audience:
Tertiary; University or College
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 288
Published: 13th December 1994
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 22.86 x 15.24
x 1.91
Weight (kg): 0.5
Edition Number: 1
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