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The Presence of God and the Presence of PersonsThe Recognition of the Inherent Worth of Persons

The Presence of God and the Presence of Persons: The Recognition of the Inherent Worth of Persons [In this chapter the fourth element of coming into the presence of persons—recognizing or discovering the inherent worth of persons—is examined. The fourth element, it is shown, contains and orders the other three. Immanuel Kant and Josiah Royce offer an analysis of the basis for the recognition of the inherent worth of persons. For Kant it is rationality and for Royce it is having experiences as we ourselves do. Both of these analyses are criticized and contrasted with the view of Emmanuel Levinas. The question is raised of how the realization of the intrinsic worth of persons relates to an awareness that the ends principle applies to them. It is argued that an awareness that the ends principle applies to persons can exist independently of a realization of their intrinsic worth gained through coming into their presence, but the latter sustains the former.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Presence of God and the Presence of PersonsThe Recognition of the Inherent Worth of Persons

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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019. All quotations from the Bible and the Apocrypha are from the RSV. Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Apocrypha, copyright 1957; The Third and Fourth Books of the Maccabees and Psalm 151, copyright 1977 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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[In this chapter the fourth element of coming into the presence of persons—recognizing or discovering the inherent worth of persons—is examined. The fourth element, it is shown, contains and orders the other three. Immanuel Kant and Josiah Royce offer an analysis of the basis for the recognition of the inherent worth of persons. For Kant it is rationality and for Royce it is having experiences as we ourselves do. Both of these analyses are criticized and contrasted with the view of Emmanuel Levinas. The question is raised of how the realization of the intrinsic worth of persons relates to an awareness that the ends principle applies to them. It is argued that an awareness that the ends principle applies to persons can exist independently of a realization of their intrinsic worth gained through coming into their presence, but the latter sustains the former.]

Published: Jul 31, 2019

Keywords: The inherent worth of persons; The fourth element; Emmanuel Levinas

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