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    Kant himself distinguished between the inner worth ground... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Each person is to be respected as an equal among equals, without consideration of individual achievements, social rank, or moral merit.

    Kant himself distinguished between the inner worth grounding dignity and the outer worth established through moral virtue, awarding the latter differential esteem.

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    • 1.Kant's distinction preserves equal dignity while allowing meaningful moral differentiation among agents.
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    • 2.Inner worth (dignity) as unconditional respects the rational agency all humans share equally.
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    • 3.Outer worth (esteem) as differential appropriately recognizes varying degrees of moral virtue.
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    • 1.The claim oversimplifies Kant, who primarily grounded dignity in autonomy, not a separate inner worth.
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    • 2.If inner worth is truly unconditional, differential esteem risks becoming a proxy for unequal dignity.
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    • 3.Kant's texts don't clearly establish this inner/outer worth distinction as a systematic doctrine.
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