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Human Interaction in the State of Nature: Hobbes on Respect for Persons and Self-Respect
Full text linkIn this chapter I shall attempt to identity different forms of respect in Hobbes’ state of nature, by way of an identification and critical engagement with
some of the key notions which, as I believe, inform his views of the mechanism
of human interaction: power, recognition, honor, esteem and fear. My general
contention is that the philosophical issues of respect for persons and self-respect
offer a lens through which Hobbes can: (1) describe some features of the state of
nature and the aspects which elicit a transition from such a state to the creation
of a commonwealth; (b) some prescriptive indications on how human beings
ought to behave towards each other with a view to a condition of peace and security.
I will identify four kinds of respect: esteem, honor, an equal respect based
on fear and one grounded in recognition of each other’s legitimate needs and
interests
INTRODUCTION
Full text linkIn recent years, the notion of “respect” has come to occupy an increasingly important
role in contemporary ethical and political theory. More specifically, the
idea of equal respect for persons has often been invoked by scholars and policy-makers
as a principle capable of informing a wide array of human interactions
in pluralistic societies, especially those which, albeit featuring various forms of
conflict, appear ultimately to be rooted in the fundamental values of equality,
freedom and dignity. A conspicuous number of scholarly attempts in the philosophy
of law, social theory, ethical theory and political philosophy have shown
not only that respect represents an appropriate response to a rich array of practical
issues, but also that no application of such an ideal can be neatly separated
from a preliminary analysis of its theoretical grounds. While, in the area of contemporary
political philosophy, a great deal of attention has been devoted to the
normative import of the ideal of respect in liberally oriented political communities,
scant attention has been accorded to its historic-philosophical root
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