Love, respect, and interfering with others

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-192

  Seymour Fahmy, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 79956124296     PISSN: 02790750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0114.2011.01390.x     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. See MS 6:388, 6:453.
2. I use the following abbreviations for the following translations of Kant's works. Volume and page numbers refer to the Prussian Academy edition of Kant's gesammelte Schriften. MS The Metaphysics of Morals, M. Gregor, trans. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
3. G Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, M. Gregor, trans. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
4. KpV Critique of Practical Reason, M. Gregor, trans. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
5. R Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason, A. Wood, trans. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
6. See MS 6:388, 6:454.
7. For a more complete account of the distinction between happiness and flourishing see Hill, Jr., T. E. (2002). 'Happiness and Human Flourishing,' in Human Welfare and Moral Worth. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
8. MS 6:394.
9. See MS 6:390.
10. Stohr, K. (2009). 'Minding Others' Business,' Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 90, pp. 116-139.
11. SeeHill, Jr., T. E. (1992). 'Humanity as an End in Itself,' in Dignity and Practical Reason in Kant's Moral Theory. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1992. Stohr's focus on persons as 'end-setters' appears to have a distorting effect on her understanding of Kantian respect. End-setting is emphasized at the expense of acknowledging the relevance of the other capacities that are also characteristic rational agency.
12. Stohr, 2009, p. 123.
13. See Paton, H. J. (1967). The Categorical Imperative: A Study in Kant's Moral Philosophy. London: Hutchinson, pp. 85, 92;
14. Gregor, M. J. (1963). Laws of Freedom. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, p. 78;
15. Denis, L. (2001). Moral Self-Regard: Duties to Oneself in Kant's Moral Theory. New York: Routledge, pp. 135-137.
16. KpV 5:22, MS 6:387, & MS 6:480.
17. G 4:418.
18. G 4:405.
19. See also G 3:99.
20. KpV 5:73.
21. See also R 6:58.
22. See G 4:415;
23. MS 6:386; 6:387.
24. For a critical examination this view see Johnson, R. (2002). 'Happiness as a Natural End,' in M. Timmons (ed.) Kant's Metaphysics of Morals: Interpretative Essays. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 317-330.
25. MS 6:387.
26. KpV 5:25, emphasis mine.
27. G 4:418.
28. See G 4:418;
29. KpV 5:25;
30. MS 6:387.
31. MS 6:385. Happiness is a notable exception to this rule.
32. See G 4:399.
33. See MS 6:388, 6:454.
34. MS 6:388.
35. By 'an agent with an impaired will' I mean an agent who has impaired judgment and decision-making capacities, as well as an impaired ability to control her behavior. For a more detailed examination of the notion of an impaired will see Wallace, R. J. (2006). 'Addiction as Defect of the Will: Some Philosophical Reflections,' in Normativity and the Will. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
36. Erickson, C. (2007). The Science of Addiction: From Neurobiology to Treatment. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., pp. 55-56.
37. MS 6:427.
38. See MS 6:395.
39. I take this to indicate no defect in Kant's theory. As Thomas E. Hill, Jr. insightfully notes, 'We should not assume that every issue about helping is determined through the intermediate, minimal, universal principle of beneficence. Particular occasions when we can help others are complex and diverse, and there is no reason to suppose that the only relevant moral consideration guiding our judgments about whether, how, and to what extent we are required to help would be the indefinite imperfect duty of beneficence . . . Considerations of justice, gratitude, respect, and friendship can be highly relevant. They can be grounds for judging that on a particular occasion, helping is not optional' (Human Welfare and Moral Worth, p. 212).
40. See Fahmy, M. S. (2009). 'Active Sympathetic Participation: Reconsidering Kant's Duty of Sympathy,' Kantian Review 14, pp. 31-52.
41. http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/FAQs/General-English/default.htm#help Accessed on 17 August 2009.
42. http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/information-resources/ family-and-friends.php Accessed on 21 July 2009.