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Menswaardigheid: ’n Verkenning van Biestek se siening

Koers : 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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Judicial Interpretation of Human Dignity by Hong Kong’s Courts

SAGE 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 and gene editing: Using human dignity as an argument against modifying the human genome and germline is a logical fallacy. [PDF]

EMBO Rep, 2018
A common argument against gene editing the human germline is the notion of dignity as linked to the human genome. But this based on a logical fallacy and should rather prompt us to consider gene editing for therapeutic purposes in order to preserve human
de Miguel Beriain I.
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Human Dignity, Human Rights, and Political Regimes [PDF]

, 1986
It is often argued that internationally recognized human rights are common to all cultural traditions and adaptable to a great variety of social structures and political regimes. Such arguments confuse human rights with human dignity.
Donnelly, Jack, Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E.   +1 more
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Human Dignity in Law – A Case Study of the Polish Legal System

The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II, 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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Human Dignity: Final, Inherent, Absolute?

Rivista 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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Overcrowding in prisons: Health and legal implications

Torture
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, Maha Aon, Kalliopi Kambanella, Marie Brasholt   +3 more
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Poverty: A Challenge to Human Dignity?

Diaconia, 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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Beyond the Harvard Definition: A Critique of Josef Seifert’s Realistic Phenomenological Approach to Brain Death

Religions
This article explores the significance of context in defining death, particularly through the lens of the Harvard definition and the critiques offered by Josef Seifert.
Gusztáv Kovács
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Human cloning and human dignity [PDF]

حقوق 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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