EAN: 9783110448139

THE ROOTS OF RESPECT GEBUNDEN

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 at stake 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.Bringing
together the expertise of classicists and scholars specialized in modern and contemporary
philosophy  the volume is especially intended for scholars working in the fields of the history
of philosophy  ethical and political theory.

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