Our ideas about morality are often framed in terms of demands for respect or complaints about being disrespected, yet basic questions about the nature and role of respect are frequently overlooked. Leading philosophers present fresh perspectives on respect and its implications for social justice, disability, environmental ethics, and more.

Richard Dean and Oliver Sensen: Introduction Remy Debes: Respect: A History Part I. On What Respect Is Philip Pettit: A Conversive Theory of Respect Gerald Gaus: Respect for Persons and Public Justification Uriah Kriegel and Mark Timmons: The Phenomenology of Kantian Respect for Persons Oliver Sensen: How to Treat Someone with Respect Part II. Respect in Moral Theory Carla Bagnoli: Respect and the Dynamics of Finitude Richard Dean: The Peculiar Idea of Respect for a Capacity Thomas Hill, Jr.: Beyond Respect and Beneficence: An Ideal of Appreciation Christine Korsgaard: Valuing Our Humanity Stephen Darwall: On a Kantian Form of Respect: "Before a Humble Common Man... My Spirit Bows" Part III. Applications of Respect Robin Dillon: Self-Respect, Arrogance, and Power: A Feminist Analysis Serene Khader: Self-Respect Under Conditions of Oppression Samuel Kerstein: A Lack of Respect in Bioethics Adam Cureton: Treating Disabled Adults as Children: An Application of Kant's Conception of Respect Lucia Schwarz: Species Egalitarianism and Respect for Nature: Of Mice and Carrots

Offers fresh perspectives on the role and nature of respect in moral discourse and new foundational work in moral theory Explores practical applications of respect to important moral issues such as environmental ethics, disability, and social justice Reconsiders the role of respect in the history of philosophy and critically examines dominant views

Richard Dean is a Professor is Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Los Angeles. He received his PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has previously taught at Rutgers University and the American University of Beirut. His main areas of research are the history of moral philosophy, especially Kant's ethics, and contemporary normative theory. He also has interests in empirical approaches to moral philosophy, applied ethics, and political philosophy. Oliver Sensen is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Tulane University. He has a PhD from Cambridge University and has previously held the position of teaching fellow at Harvard University, as well as Visiting Professor at MIT, the University of Chicago, and the University of Bremen. He has been invited for a visiting appointment at the Baltic Federal University in Kaliningrad, and is part of the faculty in the Program in Medical Ethics and Human Values at Tulane's Medical School. His research mainly focuses on dignity, autonomy, respect, free will, and Kant's philosophy.

Offers fresh perspectives on the role and nature of respect in moral discourse and new foundational work in moral theory Explores practical applications of respect to important moral issues such as environmental ethics, disability, and social justice Reconsiders the role of respect in the history of philosophy and critically examines dominant views