The concept of dignity and duties of virtue in Kant

v. 1 n. 1 (2013) • Estudos Kantianos [EK]

Autor: Milene Consenso Tonetto

Resumo:

It can be argued that the "Formula of the End in Itself " of the Categorical Imperative has been widely accepted and analyzed by commentators of Kant. Allen Wood, for instance, mentions that the idea of human dignity, which underlies the "Formula of the End in Itself ", is the Kantian principle that perhaps has the greatest resonance in the moral conscience of our culture and also the most universal appeal because it seems to support human rights (WOOD, 1998).

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