Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Preface Introduction Guide for the Reader A Note on Methodology Part I. Foundations 1. Against Dignity Desiderata The Aristocratic Tradition The Christian Tradition The Kantian Tradition The Regress Reading The Address Reading The Distinction between Basic Moral Status and Equal Moral Status 2. Moral Equality, Respect, and Cruelty Treating as Inferior Cruelty Respect Consent Variation and Status Punishment Conclusion 3. When and Why Is Discrimination Wrong? The Concept of Discrimination Discrimination and Social Meanings Demeaning and Disrespecting A Fresh Start: The Expressive Harm Account Stigma and Dehumanization in Racial Discrimination& Reverse Discrimination Infantilization, Objectification, and Instrumentalization in Sex Discrimination Infantilization Objectification and Instrumentalization Indirect Discrimination Part II. Human Rights 4. The Concept of Human Rights: The Broad View Desiderata Against Orthodox Views Against Political Views A Merely Verbal Disagreement The Concept The Diversity That Stands between Concept and Conception Avoiding Merely Verbal Disagreement The Fidelity Desideratum Conclusion 5. International Legal Human Rights and Equal Moral Status A Defense of the Grounding View The Obligation to Establish and Maintain an International Legal Human Rights System The Duty of Reciprocal Protection and International Legal Human Rights Looking Ahead Basic Rights Fundamental Rights Indivisibility and Hierarchy among Human Rights Notes References Index