Today we jump off the diving board of gun law straight into Kantian ethics. Does the second amendment have anything to do with dignity? (see Episode 3), and if so, what is dignity anyway?
We go over the ideas of honor and dignity as competitive frameworks for ascribing human value, and the political dangers that arise if we reject both of these frameworks... which is a danger we seem to be facing in greater degrees today, where contempt of the rulers for the ruled seems higher than at previous points in American history.
But if honor and dignity are less different than they at first appear... might there be some way out and forward?
Referenced works:
Why Honor Matters by Tamlar Sommers
https://www.amazon.com/Why-Honor-Matters-Tamler-Sommers/dp/0465098878/
Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5682
"Dignity, Honor, and Human Rights: Kant's Perspective" by Rachel Bayefski
https://sci-hub.ru/https://doi.org/10.1177/0090591713499762
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