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Rawls
Korsgaard
Justice
Charity
Exclusion
Discrimantion
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In this paper, there are important problems in the Kantian tradition that are argued, insofar as there is a persistent tendency to attribute intrinsic value based on the existence of cognitively distinct capacities. Furthermore, it is argued that after an analysis of the work of Kant the exclusion of morally relevant beings is a prevalent inclination of the tradition. The work of Rawls is used to show how from racism, the project moves on to ableism. In the conclusions, is showed that even a more contemporary and open version of the Kantian tradition, such as the one defended by Korsgaard, is still bound to the same problems as the previous formulations of the tradition.
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