'The book would be an invaluable accompaniment to Kant's own texts in a Kant's ethics course and it would make a much more interesting main text than one can usually get in a practical ethics course.' Christine Korsgaard, University of Chicago

• Sources and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Servility and self-respect; 2. Self-respect reconsidered; 3. Autonomy and benevolent lies; 4. The importance of autonomy; 5. Symbolic protest and calculated silence; 6. Moral purity and the lesser evil; 7. Self-regarding suicide: a modified Kantian view; 8. Ideals of human excellence and preserving natural environments; 9. Weakness of will and character; 10. Promises to oneself; 11. Social snobbery and human dignity; 12. Pains and projects: justifying to oneself; 13. The message of affirmative action; Index.

'The book would be an invaluable accompaniment to Kant's own texts in a Kant's ethics course and it would make a much more interesting main text than one can usually get in a practical ethics course.' Christine Korsgaard, University of Chicago

• Sources and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Servility and self-respect; 2. Self-respect reconsidered; 3. Autonomy and benevolent lies; 4. The importance of autonomy; 5. Symbolic protest and calculated silence; 6. Moral purity and the lesser evil; 7. Self-regarding suicide: a modified Kantian view; 8. Ideals of human excellence and preserving natural environments; 9. Weakness of will and character; 10. Promises to oneself; 11. Social snobbery and human dignity; 12. Pains and projects: justifying to oneself; 13. The message of affirmative action; Index.

'The book would be an invaluable accompaniment to Kant's own texts in a Kant's ethics course and it would make a much more interesting main text than one can usually get in a practical ethics course.' Christine Korsgaard, University of Chicago

• Sources and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Servility and self-respect; 2. Self-respect reconsidered; 3. Autonomy and benevolent lies; 4. The importance of autonomy; 5. Symbolic protest and calculated silence; 6. Moral purity and the lesser evil; 7. Self-regarding suicide: a modified Kantian view; 8. Ideals of human excellence and preserving natural environments; 9. Weakness of will and character; 10. Promises to oneself; 11. Social snobbery and human dignity; 12. Pains and projects: justifying to oneself; 13. The message of affirmative action; Index.