Human dignity supports the equal value of all humans and their ethical treatment. While
human rights conventions use the term frequently, it is rarely defined. The term dignity is …

As a strictly normative concept, dignity was introduced into moral philosophy by Immanuel
Kant. It signifies an absolute value. Ultimately a person possessing dignity must not be an …

Transhumanism is a loosely defined movement that has developed gradually over the past
two decades, and can be viewed as an outgrowth of secular humanism and the …

In the debates concerning the ethics of human enhancement through biological or
technological modifications, there have been several appeals to the concept of human …

Positions on the ethics of human enhancement technologies can be (crudely) characterized
as ranging from transhumanism to bioconservatism. Transhumanists believe that human …

The concept of dignity is widely debated as to its efficacy as a ground upon which to base
respect particularly in relation to human rights. Traditional concepts of inherent dignity …

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Christian theology constructed the idea of dignity, and among the Church Fathers, St. Leo
the Great (died 461) is said to have contributed greatly to the construction in two ways: his …

Setting aside the convention of writing a paper around a single theme or single line of
argument, Fabrice Jotterand (2010) has written an ambitious manifesto on dignity in the …

The Honourable William Cox AC RFD ED, Governor of Tasmania The issue of human
dignity was given a new impetus at the end of the Second World War as a reaction to the …