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Title: Two Kinds of Intrinsic Human Value
Abstract: I argue that human beings have two kinds of intrinsic human value. The more familiar kind, Kantian dignity, means that we are entitled to respect. I have argued that this kind of value is ultimately second personal --- that we have the standing to demand respect (and the obligation to give it) and that we stand in relations of mutual accountability. We can think of this as Kant's Kingdom of Ends.
More recently, I have argued that there is another form of intrinsic human value and that it is ultimately second personal also. We are all worthy of love, where love of the relevant kind is a standing in a "beloved community," as Martin Luther King, Jr., put it. The relation of mutual love is one of mutual open-heartedness.
As usual, we'll meet in the Maloney Seminar Room, Social Science Building 224, 3-5p. Those unable to attend in person can spectate virtually via this Zoom link.