The Roots of Respect

The Roots of RespectDespite the increasing concern for the issue of respect for persons displayed over the last decades by political philosophers, human right thinkers, social and ethical theorists, a comprehensive treatment of the problem a stake from a historical philosophical perspective is conspicuously absent. The present collection of essays aims to contribute to the fulfillment of this gap by offering a reconstruction of the seminal passages in the history of

and analysis by Lawless of both life stories and sermons

which examine the origins of eighteenth-century debate on Enlightenment and explore its significance for the present

The book is intended for students of construction theories

and labor today

Some children see their stories as dialogues between teller and audience

Rather than recounting the slow evolution of monographs or scholarly debates

and Judy Chicago helped to shape the identity of Los Angeles as an emerging art center

Despite the seeming advantages of Allied aid and a pool of experienced administrators

This new edition comes to terms with these circumstances

and philosophy will find this anthology both enlightening and thought-provoking

as England began to assert its integrity as a nation and English its merit as a literate tongue

Raúl Ruiz