Introduction

Abstract

This introduction motivates the argument of this book, which is that respect for the individual has declined in modern society. Developments in various fields in science, humanities, politics, and law simply that the individual is both cognitively and morally incompetent, unable to make sound decisions in his or her own interests or those of society in general. In its place, I propose a more nuanced and elaborate conception of a person as individual in essence, social in orientation and spell out the implications of this for government, business, and ourselves.