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Chapter 11

Dignity and Respect

inthe Machine Age

“To regard or treat someone as merely an object

for aesthetic appreciation or scientic observation

or technological management, or as a prey, or as

a machine or tool, or as raw material or resource,

or as a commodity or investment, or as obstacle,

or as dirt or vermin, or as nothing is to insult and

demean their dignity as persons and to violate

the moral obligation to respect persons.”

Robin Dillon (2010)

In his seminal work on human motivation and personality,

Maslow (1970) distinguished two aspects of self-respect or

self-esteem: rst, self-respect, which stems from personal

experiences of ...