Respect, Pluralism, and Justice is a series of essays which sketches a broadly Kantian framework for moral deliberation, and then uses it to address important social and political issues. Hill shows how Kantian theory can be developed to deal with questions about cultural diversity, punishment, political violence, responsibility for the consequences of wrongdoing, and state coercion in a pluralistic society.

• Introduction


• Part I. Elements of a Kantian Perspective


• 1: Kantian Pluralism


• 2: A Kantian Perspective on Moral Rules


• Part II: Respect for Humanity


• 3: Basic Respect and Cultural Diversity


• 4: Must Respect be Earned?


• 5: Donagan's Kant


• Part III: Justice and Responses to Wrongdoing


• 6: Kant on Responsibility for Consequences


• 7: Kant on Punishment: A Coherent Mix of Deterrence and Retribution?


• 8: A Kantian Perspective on Political Violence


• 9: The Problem of Stability in Political Liberalism


• 10: Conscience and Authority


• Bibliography


• Index

Thomas E. Hill, Jr., is Kenan Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.