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Single Idea 21029
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / h. Respect
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Full Idea
Kantian respect is unlike love. It's unlike sympathy. It's unlike solidarity or fellow feeling. ...Kantian respect is for humanity as such, for a rational capacity that resides, undifferentiated, in all of us.
Gist of Idea
Kantian respect is for humanity and reason (not from love or sympathy or solidarity)
Source
report of Immanuel Kant (Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals [1785]) by Michael J. Sandel - Justice: What's the right thing to do? 05
Book Ref
Sandel,Michael J.: 'Justice: what's the right thing to do?' [Penguin 2010], p.123
A Reaction
Why is it 'undifferentiated'? If reason is the source of the respect, why don't greater powers of reason command greater respect? The nice thing is that the rejected versions involve bias, but Kant's version does not.
The
18 ideas
with the same theme
[assigning value to the lives of others]:
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21029
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Kantian respect is for humanity and reason (not from love or sympathy or solidarity)
[Kant, by Sandel]
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21425
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We can love without respect, and show respect without love
[Kant]
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21427
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Respect is limiting our self-esteem by attending to the human dignity of other persons
[Kant]
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21430
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Disrespect is using a person as a mere means to my own ends
[Kant]
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21428
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Respect is purely negative (of not exalting oneself over others), and is thus a duty of Right
[Kant]
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21426
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Love urges us to get closer to people, but respect to keep our distance
[Kant]
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21434
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We must respect the humanity even in a vicious criminal
[Kant]
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20259
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Teach youth to respect people who differ with them, not people who agree with them
[Nietzsche]
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1460
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Religious experience deserves the same respect as our other key experiences, and is best called 'holy'
[Taylor,AE, by PG]
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21517
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Individuals need creativity, reverence for others, and self-respect
[Russell]
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5917
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People lose their rights if they do not respect the rights of others
[Ross]
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23815
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We cannot equally respect what is unequal, so equal respect needs a shared ground
[Weil]
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23837
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Respect is our only obligation, which can only be expressed through deeds, not words
[Weil]
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4005
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To have respect for people, you must feel their claims, or their injustices, or hold them in awe
[Taylor,C]
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3236
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Equality of opportunity without equality of respect would create a very inhuman society
[Williams,B]
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23223
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The word 'respect' ranges from mere non-interference to the highest levels of reverence
[Blackburn]
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7589
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Altruism is either emotional (where your interests are mine) or moral (where they are reasons for me)
[Scruton]
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20547
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We should respect the right of people to live in their own way, even if it is irrational
[Swift]
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