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oapen-20.500.12657-313652021-11-04T14:10:14Z The Roots of Respect Giorgini, Giovanni Irrera, Elena Philosophy Philosophy Aristotle Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Human rights Immanuel Kant John Rawls Respect for persons Self-esteem Thomas Hobbes Despite the increasing concern for the issue of respect for persons displayed over the last decades by political philosophers, human-right thinkers, social and ethical theorists, a comprehensive treatment of the problem from a historical-philosophical perspective is conspicuously absent. The present collection of essays aims to contribute to the fulfillment of this gap by offering a reconstruction of the seminal passages in the history of philosophy which testify to the evolution of the idea of respect for persons and the rich array of conceptual specifications that such an idea acquires across the centuries. By analysis of pivotal texts of ancient and modern contemporary philosophy, the volume will try to offer an articulated account of respect which, starting from its primeval connection with the search for esteem and the pursuit of human excellence, gradually evolves towards the recognition of the political status of each citizen and culminates into a true politics of human rights. 2017-05-01 23:55:55 2020-03-21 03:00:29 2020-04-01T13:32:46Z 2020-04-01T13:32:46Z 2017-04-10 book 630212 OCN: 984643886 9783110526288 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31365 eng application/pdf n/a 630212.pdf De Gruyter 10.26530/oapen_630212 100263 10.26530/oapen_630212 2b386f62-fc18-4108-bcf1-ade3ed4cf2f3 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783110526288 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Berlin / Boston 100263 KU Select 2016 Front List Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Despite the increasing concern for the issue of respect for persons displayed over the last decades by political philosophers, human-right thinkers, social and ethical theorists, a comprehensive treatment of the problem from a historical-philosophical perspective is conspicuously absent. The present collection of essays aims to contribute to the fulfillment of this gap by offering a reconstruction of the seminal passages in the history of philosophy which testify to the evolution of the idea of respect for persons and the rich array of conceptual specifications that such an idea acquires across the centuries.
By analysis of pivotal texts of ancient and modern contemporary philosophy, the volume will try to offer an articulated account of respect which, starting from its primeval connection with the search for esteem and the pursuit of human excellence, gradually evolves towards the recognition of the political status of each citizen and culminates into a true politics of human rights.
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