Grounds for Respect

Particularism, Universalism, and Communal Accountability

Kristi Giselsson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2012
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-6894-3 (ISBN)

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In recent years traditional foundations of respect for others have been challenged on the basis that universal grounds — the assumption that we share a common humanity — have resulted in the exclusion of particular others from full moral consideration or respect. This current questioning of the concept of a common humanity is of enormous significance, in that universalism has been one of the central assumptions of modern western philosophy and a foundational key to its moral and political theory. This book attempts to address the question of just what grounds are needed in order to justify respect for others, and in addressing this question raises issues of fundamental importance; such as, what exactly does it mean to be human? On what basis can we claim that all humans are equal? Are there differences between animals and humans, and are these differences of moral significance — that is, should animals be accorded the same respect as humans? The author not only critically assesses past and current arguments for and against a common humanity, but also provides a distinctively new conceptualization of what it might mean to be human — and why being human is indeed morally significant.

Kristi Giselsson is an Honorary Research Associate and tutor at the University of Tasmania.

Introduction
Chapter One: Universalism in the West
Chapter Two: Posthumanist Theory: Respect for the Particular
Chapter Three: Posthumanism Applied
Chapter Four: Current Utilitarianism: Animals and Humans
Chapter Five: Current Critical Humanism
Chapter Six: Communal Accountability

Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 235 mm
Gewicht	535 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
ISBN-10	0-7391-6894-0 / 0739168940
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-6894-3 / 9780739168943
Zustand	Neuware