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This article explicates the concept of respect as philosophers discuss and utilize it. After identifying the main questions about respect which philosophers have raised and addressed, including questions about the nature, importance, objects, grounds, psychological and behavioral elements, and implications of respect, I sketch an account of the most general elements of the attitude of respect and identify different kinds of respect and their connections to and differences from similar attitudes such as esteem and honor. I then discuss the most influential account of respect for persons, that of Immanuel Kant. The final section explores the importance of respect in moral, social and political life and in moral, social, and political theory, and highlights some implications for issues in applied ethics and social and political theory.
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Dieser Artikel erklärt das Konzept vom Respekt so wie es von Philosophen diskutiert und benutzt wird. Nachdem die Hauptfragen des Respekts identifiziert wurden, welche Philosophen gestellt und untersucht haben, darunter Fragen über die Natur, Wichtigkeit, Ziele, Basis, sowie über die psychologischen- und Verhaltenselemente und Konsequenzen von Respekt, werde ich einen Entwurf der allgemeinen Elemente der Einstellungen von Respekt aufzeigen sowie verschiedene Arten von Respekt identifizieren und Ihre Verbindung und Unterscheidung zu ähnlichen Einstellungen wie Achtung und Ehre. Ich bespreche dann die meist bekannte und beeinflussende Beschreibung von Respekt für Personen; die von Immanuel Kant. Das letzte Kapitel beleuchtet die Wichtigkeit von Respekt im Leben aus der moralischen, gesellschaftlichen und politischen Sicht sowie in der moralischen, gesellschaftlichen, politischen Theorie und zeigt einige Implikationen auf im Bereich angewendete Ethik sowie soziale und politische Theorie.
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Robin S. Dillon is associate professor of philosophy at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. She has written extensively on respect and self-respect and is currently finishing a book on arrogance and self-respect.
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Dillon, R.S. Respect: A philosophical perspective. Gruppendynamik 38, 201–212 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11612-007-0016-5
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