Thomas E. Hill Jr on the Basis of Human Dignity
Animal Ethics
MARCH 12, 2009
It was, I suggest, to a large extent because he felt that the noblest feature of humanity is the capacity to be self-governing, to adopt principles without being influenced by sensuous motives and then to live by them whatever the contingencies. For Kant, then, worthy acts are (given human fallibility) a proper subset of right acts.
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