Autonomy and self-respect - Hill, Thomas E. (Cambridge [England] New York Cambridge University Press, 1991)
Servility and self-respect -- Self-respect reconsidered -- Autonomy and benevolent lies -- The importance of autonomy -- Symbolic protest and calculated silence -- Moral purity and the lesser evil -- Self-regarding suicide: a modified Kantian view -- Ideals of human excellence and preserving natural environments -- Weakness of will and character -- Promises to oneself -- Social snobbery and human dignity -- Pains and projects: justifying to oneself -- The message of affirmative action.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Self-esteem.; Autonomy (Philosophy)