McMullin, Irene (2015) A Response to Mark D. White’s “A Modest Comment on McMullin: A Kantian Account of Modesty”. Journal of Philosophical Research, 40. pp. 7-11. DOI https://doi.org/10.5840/jpr2015102630
McMullin, Irene (2015) A Response to Mark D. White’s “A Modest Comment on McMullin: A Kantian Account of Modesty”. Journal of Philosophical Research, 40. pp. 7-11. DOI https://doi.org/10.5840/jpr2015102630
McMullin, Irene (2015) A Response to Mark D. White’s “A Modest Comment on McMullin: A Kantian Account of Modesty”. Journal of Philosophical Research, 40. pp. 7-11. DOI https://doi.org/10.5840/jpr2015102630
Abstract
In response to Mark D. White's Kantian critique of my article "A Modest Proposal: Accounting for the Virtuousness of Modesty," I argue that invoking Kant's notions of dignity and respect in order to provide an egalitarian account of modesty brings with it conceptual commitments that are not always easy to reconcile with the moral phenomenology of that virtue. In light of this I question White's claim that a Kantian account of modesty offers a better explanation than the existential phenomenological approach that I endorse.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies, School of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Feb 2016 16:50 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Dec 2024 16:54 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/16168 |