Respect (ethics)
Caution is a term from the field of ethics . The Brockhaus defines it as “a custom that arises from the recognition of the inviolable dignity of the person”. Respect is not a feeling of pleasure or displeasure, but a feeling of appreciation for people. It is addressed to the person and not to their performance.
While Kant already used the expression of respect in pre-critical writings, he dealt for the first time with the actual moral of respect in the ethics developed in the Critique of Practical Reason . He assumes that people's thinking and inclination are not naturally in accordance with a moral law. To this extent, respect is a feeling caused by reason, which Kant described as negative pleasure : “Respect is reason as the only reason for moral will, but also disregard for sensual nature. Humanity pretends to have a duty to present its own subjective principles and interests as the authority of a law. ” Kant continues to describe the term duty as respect for the moral law.
Kant's teaching was mainly adopted and continued by Schiller and Fichte .
See also
Web links
- Quotes on the topic of attention at textlog
- Attention , UTB online dictionary
- Kant on the morality of respect
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Brockhaus Philosophy: Ideas, Thinkers and Concepts. Brockhaus 2009, ISBN 978-3-7653-0572-6 , keyword Achtung.