Thomas E. Hill Jr on the Basis of Human Dignity
Animal Ethics
MARCH 12, 2009
He believed, of course, that one ought always to do one's duty and also that only acts motivated by respect for moral law have moral worth. Kant's ethics is as much an ethics of self-esteem as it is an ethics of duty. For Kant, then, worthy acts are (given human fallibility) a proper subset of right acts.
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