Reason, Value, and Respect: Kantian Themes from the Philosophy of Thomas E. Hill, Jr.

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by  Mark Timmons, Robert N. Johnson (Eds.)

Reason, Value, and Respect

Reason, Value, and
Respect
Kantian Themes from the
Philosophy of Thomas E. Hill, Jr.
Edited by
Mark Timmons
and Robert N. Johnson
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Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Contributors xi
Introduction 1
Mark Timmons and Robert N. Johnson
PART I. Respect and Self-Respect
1. Servility and Self-Respect: An African-American and Feminist Critique 19
Bernard Boxill and Jan Boxill
2. Humility, Arrogance, and Self-Respect in Kant and Hill 42
Robin S. Dillon
3. Respect as Honor and as Accountability 70
Stephen Darwall
PART II. Practical Reason
4. Hypothetical Imperatives: Scope and Jurisdiction 89
Mark Schroeder
5. More Right than Wrong 101
Jonathan Dancy
6. Autonomy and Public Reason in Kant 119
Onora O’Neill
PART III. Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy
7. Private and Public Conscience (Or, Is the Sanctity of Conscience
a Liberal Commitment or an Anarchical Fallacy?) 135
Gerald Gaus
8. Kant on Three Defenses in the Law of Homicide 157
Jeffrie G. Murphy
9. Virtue, Repugnance, and Deontology 178
Matt Zwolinski and David Schmidtz
10. But What About the Animals? 194
Cheshire Calhoun
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PART IV. Kant’s Ethics
11. The Supererogatory and Kant’s Imperfect Duties 215
Marcia Baron
12. Did Kant Hold that Rational Volition is Sub Ratione Boni? 232
Andrews Reath
13. Kantian Complicity 256
Julia Driver
PART V. Conclusion
14. Looking Back: Main Themes and Appreciation 269
Thomas E. Hill, Jr.
Published Works by Thomas E. Hill, Jr. 297
Index 303
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Tom Hill for his good advice in the planning stage that led to the present vol-
ume. Tom wishes to thank Jordan MacKenzie and Adam Cureton for their assistance
with his contribution and to Jordan for the bibliography. A special thanks to Oliver
Sensen, who served as an OUP referee for this volume. And finally, we are grateful to
our OUP editor, Peter Momtchiloff, for his encouragement and advice.