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The Cambridge handbook of human dignity : interdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Marcus Düwell, Jens Braarvig, Roger Brownsword, and Dietmar Mieth ; assisted by Naomi van Steenbergen and Dascha Düring.
Düwell, Marcus, 1962- editor.; Braarvig, Jens, editor.; Brownsword, Roger, editor.; Mieth, Dietmar, editor.
2014
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Title
The Cambridge handbook of human dignity : interdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Marcus Düwell, Jens Braarvig, Roger Brownsword, and Dietmar Mieth ; assisted by Naomi van Steenbergen and Dascha Düring.
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Call Number
K3249 .C36 2014
ISBN
9780521195782 (hardback)
0521195780 (hardback)
Description
xxii, 608 pages ; 26 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)854848221
Summary
"This introduction to human dignity explores the history of the notion from antiquity to the nineteenth century, and the way in which dignity is conceptualised in non-Western contexts. Building on this, it addresses a range of systematic conceptualisations, considers the theoretical and legal conditions for human dignity as a useful notion and analyses a number of philosophical and conceptual approaches to dignity. Finally, the book introduces current debates, paying particular attention to the legal implementation, human rights, justice and conflicts, medicine and bioethics, and provides an explicit systematic framework for discussing human dignity. Adopting a wide range of perspectives and taking into account numerous cultures and contexts, this handbook is a valuable resource for students, scholars and professionals working in philosophy, law, history and theology"-- Provided by publisher.
"Human Dignity was established in 1948 as the foundational concept of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The Preamble to the Declaration opens with the statement: 'Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world....' In Article 1, we read: 'All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.' And, in 1966, the United Nations declared: 'These [human] rights derive from the inherent dignity of the human person' . During the preparation of the Declaration (1946-1948) , there were discussions about whether there was a need for such a foundational concept and, if so, which notion that should be Choosing human dignity immediately after the war was a statement against the Shoah, against totalitarianism, and against the atrocities of World War II. However, by choosing Human Dignity, a concept was selected that has an impressive history in various traditions. The stoic philosopher Cicero saw it as a central requirement of a virtuous life that one should behave in a way that is appropriate to the dignity of a human being; and, famously, for Immanuel Kant, the dignity of the human person is at the centre of his moral philosophy"-- Provided by publisher.
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Düwell, Marcus, 1962- editor.
Braarvig, Jens, editor.
Brownsword, Roger, editor.
Mieth, Dietmar, editor.
Human dignity from a legal perspective / Roger Brownsword
Human dignity: concept, discussions, philosophical perspectives / Marcus Düwell
Meritocratic and civic dignity in Greco-Roman antiquity / Josiah Ober
Human dignity in the Middle Ages (twelfth to fourteenth century) / Ruedi Imbach
Human dignity in late-medieval spiritual and political conflicts / Dietmar Mieth
Human dignity in Renaissance humanism / Piet Steenbakker
The Council of Valladolid (1550-1551): a European disputation about the human dignity of indigenous peoples of the Americas / Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo
Martin Luther's conception of human dignity / Oswald Bayer
Natural rights versus human dignity: two conflicting traditions / Pauline C. Westerman
Rousseau and human dignity / Theo Verbeek
Human dignity and socialism / Georg Lohmann
Human dignity in the Jewish tradition / Yair Lorberbaum.

The concepts of human dignity in moral philosophies of indigenous peoples of the Americas / Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo
Human dignity in the Islamic world / Miklâos Marâoth
Hinduism : the universal self in a class society / Jens Braarvig
Buddhism: inner dignity and absolute altruism / Jens Braarvig
Human dignity in traditional Chinese Confucianism / Luo An'Xian
Dignity in traditional Chinese Daoism / Qiao Qing-Ju
Social and cultural presuppositions for the use of the concept of human dignity / Gesa Lindemann
Is human dignity the ground of human rights? / Govert Den Hartogh
Human dignity: can a historical foundation alone suffice? From Joas' affirmative genealogy to Kierkegaard's leap of faith / Christoph Hübenthal
Kantian perspectives on the rational basis of human dignity / Thomas E. Hill, Jr
Kantian dignity: a critique / Samuel J. Kerstein
Human dignity and human rights in Alan Gewirth's moral philosophy / Deryck Beyleveld
Human dignity in the capability approach / Rutger Claassen
Human dignity in Catholic thought / David Hollenbach, SJ
Jacques Maritain's personalist conception of human dignity / Paul Valadier
Scheler and human dignity / Zachary Davis.

Dignity and the other: dignity and the phenomenological tradition / Peter Atterton
Dignity, fragility, singularity in Paul Ricoeur's ethics / Maureen Junker-Kenny
Human dignity as universal nobility / Christian Neuhèauser and Ralf Stoecker
Dignity in the Ubuntu tradition / Thaddeus Metz
Posthuman dignity / Martin G. Weiss
Dignity as the right to have rights: human dignity in Hannah Arendt / Christoph Menke
Individual and collective dignity / Micha Werner
Equal dignity in international human rights / Bas de Gaay Fortman
Is human dignity a useless concept? Legal perspectives / Judge Christian Byk
Human dignity in French law / Stâephanie Hennette-Vauchez
Human dignity in German law / Horst Dreier
Human dignity in US law / Carter Snead
Human dignity in South American law / Claudia Lima and Lucas Lixinski
Human dignity in South African law / Anton Fagan.

The Islamic world and the alternative declarations of human rights / Ann Elizabeth Mayer
The protection of human dignity under Chinese law / Perry Keller
Human dignity in Japanese law / Shigenori Matsui
The place of dignity in the Indian constitution / Upendra Baxi
Human dignity and war / Andreas Hasenclever
Treatment of prisoners and torture / David Luban
Human dignity and prostitution / Norbert Campagna
Human dignity, immigration and refugees / Gèoran Collste
Human dignity and social welfare / Klaus Steigleder
Dignity and global justice / Thomas Pogge
Human dignity and people with disabilities / Sigrid Graumann
Human dignity as a concept for the economy / Elizabeth Anderson
Human dignity and gender inequalities / Annika Thiem
The rise and fall of freedom of online expression / Mathias Klang
The threefold challenge of Darwinism to an ethics of human dignity / Christian Illies
On the border of life and death: human dignity in bioethics / Marcus Dèuwell
Human dignity and commodification in bioethics / Alastair V. Campbell
Dignity only for humans? A controversy / Robert Heeger
Dignity only for humans? On the dignity and inherent value of non-human beings / Peter Schaber
Human dignity and future generations / Marcus Düwell.

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