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Immanuel Kant's concept of dignity: A philosophical ground and a case for considering human dignity as the highest constitutional value

open access: yesقضايا سياسية, 2022
    The aim of this paper is to analyze and highlight the philosophical conceptualization of human dignity by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant and how his reflections in this regard can provide a compelling theoretical ground and an underpinning for
Sherzad Ahmed AL-Najjar   +1 more
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Menswaardigheid: ’n Verkenning van Biestek se siening

open access: yesKoers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2000
Human dignity: An exploration of Biestek’s view Social workers face the question of how to relate to other human beings, more specifically how to relate to client groups.
E.H. Ryke
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Human Dignity in Law – A Case Study of the Polish Legal System

open access: yesThe Person and the Challenges, 2016
Human dignity is one of the most fundamental ideas in the entire international human rights system. As from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in 1948, the concept of the human dignity become used as a tool to protect the basic needs of ...
Magdalena Butrymowicz
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Overcrowding in prisons: Health and legal implications

open access: yesTorture
Introduction: Prison overcrowding can be defined in different ways, and no universal definition exists. More than 120 countries report prison occupancy rates above their own capacity.
Eva Nudd   +3 more
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Human cloning and human dignity [PDF]

open access: yesحقوق بشر, 2006
Catholic Church and most of Muslims believe that human cloning is in contrast with human rights. They argue that applying Somatic Nuclear Transfer Technique or so-called cloning to humans is against human dignity.
Hasan Eslami
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Poverty: A Challenge to Human Dignity?

open access: yesDiaconia, 2010
How does the widespread phenomenon of poverty constitute a challenge to human dignity? This article argues firstly that a pervasive idea of human dignity, namely one that links dignity with autonomy, indeed evokes moral insights and guidance that are ...
Ulla Schmidt
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Judicial Interpretation of Human Dignity by Hong Kong’s Courts

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2022
This study employed empirical, case, and comparative analysis methods to examine how Hong Kong’s courts have judicially interpreted the concept of human dignity.
Taixia Shen
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Human Dignity: Final, Inherent, Absolute?

open access: yesRivista di Estetica, 2020
In the traditional understanding, human dignity is often portrayed as a «final», «inherent», and «absolute» value. If human dignity as the core of the status of a human being did indeed have thos characteristics, this would yield a severe limitation for ...
Sebastian Muders
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The Recovery of Human Dignity in Protestant Christianity and Its Ethical Implications

open access: yesReligions, 2023
Human dignity, in the Protestant traditions, was generally formulated in reaction to Catholicism. Initial assessments of human dignity were less than enthusiastic and framed soteriologically and contingent on God’s saving grace.
Paul Martens, Wemimo B. Jaiyesimi
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The Transmutation of Dignity

open access: yes, 2021
This chapter examines the way Kant transforms the older, hierarchical notion of dignity into the essentially egalitarian notion of dignity we know today.
van der Rijt, Jan-Willem,   +1 more
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