| Acknowledgments | 9 |
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| Abbreviations | 11 |
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| Introduction | 13 |
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| Part I Respect for Others | 21 |
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| Chapter 1: Kant’s Conception of Value | 26 |
| Introduction | 26 |
| Section 1: Kant on Value as a Property | 26 |
| Section 2: Kant’s Argument Against Value as a Foundation | 35 |
| Section 3: Alternative Conceptions of Value | 39 |
| Section 4: Kant’s Conception of Absolute Inner Value | 44 |
| Section 5: The Appearance of ‘Value’ in Kant’s Works | 51 |
| Conclusion | 63 |
| Chapter 2: The Value of Humanity | 65 |
| Introduction | 65 |
| Section 1: Korsgaard’s Regress Argument | 67 |
| Section 2: Korsgaard’s Modified Argument | 81 |
| Section 3: Allen Wood’s Modified Regress Argument | 87 |
| Section 4: Guyer on the Value of Freedom | 91 |
| Section 5: The Value of a Morally Good Will | 99 |
| Results of this Chapter | 107 |
| Chapter 3: Kant’s Formula of Humanity | 108 |
| Introduction | 108 |
| Section 1: The Formula of Humanity Passage (GMS 4:427–9) | 109 |
| Section 2: The Justification for Respect | 125 |
| Section 3: The Application of the Formula of Humanity | 130 |
| Section 4: The Emptiness Objection | 147 |
| Conclusion | 152 |
| Part II Kant’s Conception of Dignity | 153 |
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| Chapter 4: Three Paradigms of Dignity | 158 |
| Introduction | 158 |
| Section 1: The Contemporary Paradigm of Dignity | 159 |
| Section 2: The Traditional Paradigm of Dignity | 164 |
| Section 3: The Differences Between the Two Conceptions | 173 |
| Section 4: Kant and the Traditional Paradigm | 176 |
| Concluding Remarks | 185 |
| Chapter 5: Kant’s Conception of Human Dignity | 186 |
| Introduction | 186 |
| Section 1: The Appearance of ‘Dignity’ in Kant’s Works | 189 |
| Section 2: Dignity in the Groundwork | 192 |
| Section 3: Dignity in the Doctrine of Virtue | 203 |
| Section 4: The Relevance of Kant’s Conception of Dignity | 214 |
| Concluding Remarks | 223 |
| Conclusion | 225 |
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| References | 227 |
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| Author Index | 237 |
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| Subject Index | 241 |
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