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Conceptualizations of dignity at the end of life: exploring theoretical and cultural congruence with dignity therapy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Aim: To explore the conceptualization of patients' dignity in the context of end-of-life care in Taiwan.Background: Dignity therapy – a novel nurse-delivered psychotherapeutic intervention – has been demonstrated to have potential to alleviate terminal ...
Speck, Peter   +4 more
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Encouraging a Positive Outlook: The Benefits of Appreciative Inquiry in a Theological Library

open access: yesTheological Librarianship, 2013
Librarians face a future of rapid and disconcerting change, and it is increasingly important to address this change in a constructive way. In contrast to problem-solving approaches which focus on the negative, Appreciative Inquiry helps staff recognize ...
Rebecca Louise Miller   +2 more
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Human dignity and bioethics [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2013
By opening the field of bioethics followed a new wave of intense debate on the theological, philosophical and legal significance of the concept of human dignity .
Marjanović Miloš
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Understanding Human Dignity in Shi’i Islam: Debates, Challenges, and Solutions for Contemporary Issues

open access: yesReligions, 2023
This study delves into the nuanced understanding of human dignity as expressed and upheld within the framework of Shi’i Islam. Drawing on the Quran as the primary source of Shi’i interpretation of the law and human rights, this research investigates the ...
SeyedAmirHossein Asghari
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Calvin and human dignity

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2010
Human dignity has become a major moral directive in the contemporary ethical reflection on human rights and bio-ethics. This article examines the theological foundations laid by the reformer Calvin regarding the inherent dignity of people, and his ...
J.M. Vorster
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Human Dignity as a Status vs Human Dignity as a Value. A Double Nature

open access: yesPhenomenology and Mind, 2016
My paper provides an analysis of two antithetical theories about the nature of human dignity: human dignity as a status, human dignity as a value. Strengths of the theories consist in having developed two relevant traits of human dignity, respectively ...
Barbara Malvestiti
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Human Dignity and the Kingdom of Ends

open access: yes, 2021
Human Dignity and the Kingdom of Ends: Kantian Perspectives and Practical Applications is a collection of new essays that brings together two moral ideas: human dignity and the kingdom of ends.
Adam Cureton   +3 more
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Critique of the Philosophical and Legal Foundations of Inherent Dignity in Contemporary Law [PDF]

open access: yesفلسفه حقوق
Human dignity is an innate and inherent value, in other words, the nature and human essence of human beings known as the basis for the birth of human rights. Inherent dignity, as a basis and principle, is the founder of the positivist international human
Sima Hatami
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In pursuit of human dignity [PDF]

open access: yesMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2013
Philosophy publications and in particular healthcare philosophy papers which include the term dignity as a major discussion point are numerous. Indeed, dignity has become something of an evergreen topic, seemingly a perpetual theme in writings on human rights and health care, offering an opportunity for philosophers and others to exercise ingenuity ...
Badcott, D., Leget, C. J. W.
openaire   +3 more sources

Right to Human Dignity

open access: yes, 2023
The concept of right to human dignity refers to the proposition that all human beings possess an inherent and inalienable value and deserve utmost respect and protection from all forms of institutionalized and individual acts of exploitation.
Regilme, S.S., Feijoo, K.V.
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