Material Information
- Title:
- Autonomy and the Value of Humanity Problems in Korsgaard's The Sources of Normativity
- Physical Description:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Creator:
- Abboud, Joseph
- Publisher:
- New College of Florida
- Place of Publication:
- Sarasota, Fla.
- Creation Date:
- 2011
- Publication Date:
- 2011
Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree:
- Bachelor's ( B.A.)
- Degree Grantor:
- New College of Florida
- Degree Divisions:
- Humanities
- Area of Concentration:
- Philosophy
Subjects
- Subjects / Keywords:
- Philosophy
Ethics
Moral Philosophy
Kant
Korsgaard
- Genre:
- Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
bibliography ( marcgt )
theses ( marcgt )
government publication (state, provincial, terriorial, dependent) ( marcgt )
Notes
- Abstract:
- Christine Korsgaard�s The Sources of Normativity attempts to defend two claims which are fundamentally incompatible: that all values and obligations arise from the autonomous resolutions of the reflective individual, and that the individual must value humanity in itself in order to have any values or reasons to act at all. Korsgaard�s need to move beyond Kant�s argument for the Categorical Imperative to her theory of practical identity shows that an individual�s conception of value is conditioned by her reflections on what makes her life worth living, rendering the construction of her system of values relative to the contingent contents of her life and the resolutions she makes with regards to them. To overcome the apparent relativity in her account of practical identity, Korsgaard argues that all human individuals ought to endorse the identity of being a human animal as such. However, by grounding practical identity on the autonomous resolutions of the individual, she undermines this attempt to ground the unconditional value of humanity. If the identity of being a human as such is only valuable if the individual freely endorses it, then it can only be a conditional value, contingent on the resolutions of the individual.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2011
- Electronic Access:
- RESTRICTED TO NCF STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND ON-CAMPUS USE
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Source of Description:
- This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.
- Local:
- Faculty Sponsor: Flakne, April
- Statement of Responsibility:
- by Joseph Abboud
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- New College of Florida
- Holding Location:
- New College of Florida
- Rights Management:
- Applicable rights reserved.
- Classification:
- local - S.T. 2011 A12
- System ID:
- NCFE004472:00001
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