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    It is not the case that Even the morally worst individuals must be regarded as ends in themselves and treated with respect.

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    • 1.Respect as a moral attitude is properly responsive to the actual values and choices a person has expressed through their conduct.
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    • 2.Kant's own framework ties dignity to the capacity for rational autonomy, which persistent evil conduct may demonstrate one has systematically repudiated.
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    • 3.A moral framework that mandates identical regard for the virtuous and the vicious collapses the normatively significant distinction between agents who honor and those who violate humanity.
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    • 1.P.F. Strawson's reactive attitudes account grounds moral responsibility in natural participant stances of resentment, indignation, and moral anger toward wrongdoers.
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    • 2.On Strawson's view, withholding resentment toward serious wrongdoers represents an objectifying withdrawal from the moral community, not its fulfillment.
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    • 3.Therefore, unconditional respect for even the worst agents may paradoxically undermine the reactive stance that constitutes genuine moral recognition of persons as agents.
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    • 1.Moral recognition respect is not something individuals have to earn or might fail to earn.
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    • 2.All persons possess the grounds for recognition respect equally.
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