Ethics and Self-Knowledge Respect for Self-Interpreting Agents [Hardcover]

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.This book explores the theoretical basis of an individuals ethical obligations to others as self-knowing beings. It identifies a class of interpretive moral wrongs and shows how an individuals obligations in respect of these wrongs can be understood.

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?????ló>