Perspectives on Human Dignity: A Conversation

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Malpas, Jeff (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Lickiss, Norelle (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Medicine.; Law > Philosophy.; Law.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.; Philosophy of Man.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

The idea of human dignity is central to any reflection on the nature of human worth, and has become a key concept in international and national law, in medical ethics, and in much philosophical and political theory. However, the idea is a complex one that also takes on many different forms. This col...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Concept of Human Dignity
• to a Conversation
• Human Dignity and Human Worth
• Human Dignity and Human Being
• On Human Dignity: Fragments of an Exploration
• Two Conceptions of Dignity: Honour and Self-Determination
• Human Dignity and Charity
• Human Dignity: Functions and Meanings
• A Brief History of Human Dignity: Idea and Application
• Human Dignity in Context
• A Journey Towards Understanding: True and False Dignity
• The Question of Dignity: Doubts and Loves and a Whisper from Where the Ruined House Once Stood
• Religion and Dignity: Assent and Dissent
• Giving the Past Its Dignity
• Dignity and Indignity
• Human Dignity and the Law
• On the International Legal Aspects of Human Dignity
• Doing Justice to Dignity in the Criminal Law
• Human Dignity: The New Phase in International Law
• Dignity and Health
• Human Dignity: The Perspective of a Gynaecological Oncologist
• The Social Origins of Dignity in Medical Care at the End of Life
• Dying with Dignity: The Story Reveals Its Meaning.