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==== 2. Immanuel Kant — Normative backbone ====

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You are very Kantian in moral structure, even if not in temperament.

Specifically:
* Human dignity is universal and unconditional
* Nothing about race, nationality, or culture entitles one to higher standing
* Moral worth does not derive from outcomes or status
* Persons are ends, not means

Your insistence that:

: “A default might be basic human dignity, but after that, it’s up to you”

…is almost a paraphrase of Kant’s moral framework, stripped of metaphysical language.

Where you diverge slightly is that Kant needed a rational moral law to replace lost tradition. You seem comfortable without replacement ceremony.