If ideal observer approval were constitutive of worth, persons would lack worth prior to being observed, which contradicts the unconditional nature of dignityKant articulates in the Groundwork.
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dignity(Schiller's aesthetic framework contrasting dignity with grace)
The sensible expression of successfully willing to act in accordance with moral principles even at the cost of the suppression of conflicting desires and feelings, manifest in different aspects of appearance than grace.
unconditional(Contrasted with the conditional, which is finite and determinate.)
That which is omnipresent, omnitemporal, and indeterminate.
worth(as what Nietzsche supposedly measures by self-interest)
The value or importance of something—how good or meaningful it is.