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    It is not the case that 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.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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    • 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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