The various different construals of individual dignity discussed in Chapters 5 and 6 share a common feature. They all interpret dignity possessively, as rooted within the individual person – whether in the form of an existential attribute, an identity, an “inherent worth,” or a bundle of important capacities (rationality, autonomy, ability to pursue projects, etc.). The implicit conception is gravitational, with the overriding force of dignitarian considerations emanating from something localized to individuals considered as such. We saw that despite its endorsement of a relational view of dignity, even Kant’s theory shares something of this centripetal character. For although he theorized moral dignity as the management of a struggle between antagonists, Kant internalized that conflict to the self. Hence, in Kant’s view, the struggle for dignity and self-respect is finally an intimate one, played out within agents’ deliberative self-consciousness.