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Grounds for Respect - Particularism, Universalism, and Communal Accountability (Hardcover)
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Grounds for Respect - Particularism, Universalism, and Communal Accountability (Hardcover)
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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.
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