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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.This book is a combination of philosophical argument and historical analysis. The first chapter critically discusses a number of contemporary interpretations. It defends Kant''s concept of dignity as rooted in a basic capacity

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    Publisher: Oxford University Press
    Publication Date: 7/18/2024 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780198917625, 978-0198917625
    ISBN10: 0198917627

    Non Fiction , History , Non Fiction

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    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.This book is a combination of philosophical argument and historical analysis. The first chapter critically discusses a number of contemporary interpretations. It defends Kant''s concept of dignity as rooted in a basic capacity

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