Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2011. Hardcover. xii,205 pp. 25 cm. (Library of ethics and applied philosophy (LOET), 26). - Exploration of the theoretical basis of our ethical obligations to others as self-knowing beings - this task being envisaged as an essential supplement to a traditional ethic of respect for persons. Authoritative knowledge of others brings with it certain obligations, which are reflected in (inter alia) the moral and legal safeguards designed to ensure that certain information is put out of play for job selection purposes etc. However, the theoretical basis for such obligations has never been fully clarified. This book begins by identifying a distinctive class of interpretive moral wrongs (including stereotyping, discrimination and objectification). It then shows how our obligations in respect of these wrongs can be understood, drawing on insights from the tradition of philosophical reflection on recognition. The book will be of interest to anyone concerned with the adequacy of a modern ethic of respect for persons - particularly in applied and professional ethics. Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9789400715592. Keywords : PHILOSOPHY,

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T�tulo: Ethics and self-knowledge : respect for self-interpreting agents.
Editor: Springer
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2011
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 9400715595
ISBN 13: 9789400715592
Encuadernaci�n: Encuadernaci�n de tapa dura
Estado: as new

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Preface Fragmentation
1.1 Respect for persons, and persons as ends
1.2 The essence of ’respect for persons’
1.3 Contemporary challenges
1.3.1 The problem of integration
1.3.2 The problem of ’personhood’
1.3.3 The problem of Objectification
1.4 The aftermath
2. Discrimination
2.1 Introductory remarks
2.2 Discrimination and procedural unfairness
2.3 Discrimination and intentionality
2.4 Discrimination as an interpretive moral wrong
3. Stereotyping
3.1 A potential counterexample
3.2 Injustice and stereotyping
3.3 Ideological stereotyping
4. Objectification
4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 First stage objectification: instrumentalisation
4.1.2 Second stage objectification: adoption of alien ends
4.1.3 Third stage objectification: ’Reduction’ and reflection
4.2 Objectification as an interpretive moral wrong
4.3 Objectification, stereotyping and scientific self-knowledge
4.3.1 Marx and commodification
4.3.2 Objectification in genetic research
5. Recognition
5.1 Hegel on recognition
5.2 Dignity and universal self-consciousness
5.3 Essentialism and political liberalism
6. Inauthenticity
6.1 Liberalism, essentialism and positivism
6.2 Phenomenological essentialism
6.3 Dasein, intelligibility and alienation
6.4 Inauthenticity and objectification
7. Sadism
7.1 Duality and Intentionality
7.2 Being-with-others, the ’look’
7.3 Modes of instrumentalisation
7.3.1 Indifference
7.3.2 Love, and love’s fragility
7.3.3 Sadism and sexual desire
7.4 Non-complementarity
8. Subjection
8.1 Knowledge, power and recognition
8.2 Self-knowledge and the abuse of power
9. Honesty
10. Conclusion and implications

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This book explores the theoretical basis of our ethical obligations to others as self-knowing beings - this task being envisaged as an essential supplement to a traditional ethic of respect for persons. Authoritative knowledge of others brings with it certain obligations, which are reflected in (inter alia) the moral and legal safeguards designed to ensure that certain information is put out of play for job selection purposes etc. However, the theoretical basis for such obligations has never been fully clarified. This book begins by identifying a distinctive class of interpretive moral wrongs (including stereotyping, discrimination and objectification). It then shows how our obligations in respect of these wrongs can be understood, drawing on insights from the tradition of philosophical reflection on recognition. The book will be of interest to anyone concerned with the adequacy of a modern ethic of respect for persons particularly in applied and professional ethics.

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