Middleton, David
(2006).
Three types of self-respect.
Res Publica, 12(1),
pp. 59–76.
Abstract
According to John Rawls, self-respect is the most important of the primary goods and is essential for the construction of the just society. Self-respect, however, remains a concept which is inadequately theorised, being closely linked to other concepts such as dignity, shame, pride, autonomy and security. Most usually self-respect is considered to be just the self-reflection of the respect we receive from others. In this paper I argue that self-respect consists of both a self-evaluative and a social reflexive element. Using Darwall’s distinction between two types of respect as a building block, I argue that it is worth considering self-respect as having three dimensions. Broadly these are human recognition, status recognition and appraisal.
Keywords
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| ISSN: |
1356-4765 |
| Extra Information: |
Special issue of journal, on 'respect'. Guest edited by David Middleton. |
| Keywords: |
Darwall; dignity; justice; pride; respect; self-respect; shame
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| Academic Unit/Department: |
Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies |
| Item ID: |
3133 |
| Depositing User: |
Users 13 not found. |
| Date Deposited: |
22 Jun 2006 |
| Last Modified: |
01 Mar 2012 11:05 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/3133 |
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