The Ethics of Respect for Persons

Defining Respectful Leadership: What It Is, How It Can Be Measured, and Another Glimpse at What It Is Related to

“…In the sense of this definition, respect can therefore be described as a process that is aimed at recognizing, appreciating, and communicating the importance and worth of the other person. Put differently, respect entails maintaining an appreciative attitude towards the other person and acting on the basis of this attitude (Downie and Telfer, 1969;Frankena, 1986) even if one does not personally like or agree with the object of respect (Simon and Stürmer, 2003;Spears et al, 2005). However, talking somebody down or flattering him/her, for reasons that that person does perceive to be true, cannot be called respect (Anderson, 1993;Pettit, 1989).…”

Respect and Dignity: A Conceptual Model for Patients in the Intensive Care Unit

“…Respect has been understood in other ways as well, for example, as a principle (Frankena, 1986). Respect is entity generated, meaning that it is not driven by the interests or desires of the person respecting the entity, but rather by some feature of the entity itself.…”

Respecting Value

“…That people are ends in themselves and must be treated as such and never merely as means seems to posit a special reason to respect people and so encapsulates an independent conception of respect (for discussion relevant to the distinction Raz is drawing see Darwall 1977; Frankena 1986).…”