Screen LibraryThe importance of assent：a theory of coercion and dignity
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Dordrecht |
| Publication Dates: | c2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Library of ethics and applied philosophy ; v. 25 |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0766-5 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x, 157 p.): |
| ISBN: |
9789400707665 (electronic bk.) 9400707665 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | B82 |
| CLC: | B82-054 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. pt. 1. Coercion -- pt. 2. Dignity and interference -- pt. 3. A Kantian reconstruction of republicanism. This book argues that respecting persons as moral agents requires considerable consideration be paid to the subjective moral judgments of individual persons. It shows that such judgments are important independently of their validity or even their reasonableness. Despite the great emphasis on respect for persons in present-day moral theory, the importance of a person's subjective moral judgments has largely been neglected in existing literature. The book focuses particularly on the context of coercion and domination, both key notions in moral and political theory. The book combines Kantian and. |