This article argues that received accounts of the concept of human dignity face more
difficulties than has been appreciated, when explaining the connection between human …

Appeals to''human dignity''are at the core of many of the most contentious social and political
issues of our time. But these appeals suggest different and at times even contradictory ways …

“So tell me,” my friend Christopher McCrudden, the distinguished human rights lawyer, said
one day over coffee,“what do phi los o phers have to say about 'dignity'?” I had read the …

The idea of dignity is pervasive in political discourse. It is central to human rights theory and
practice, and it features regularly in conceptions of social justice as well as in the social …

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 …

Respecting human dignity is a central moral and social aim when it comes to either health
policy or everyday medical care. Yet like other important concepts, such as “happiness”[1] …

Over the past few decades the concept of (human) dignity has deeply pervaded medical
ethics. Appeals to dignity, however, are often unclear. As a result some prefer to eliminate …

Human dignity is a phenomenon of interest in many disciplines, including health-related
disciplines. The author in this article explores the ethics of dignity and sets forth the tenets of …

The Meshing of Care and Justice Page 1 SYMPOSIUM ON CARE AND JUSTICE The
Meshing of Care and Justice VIRGINIA HELD This essay attempts to work out how justice and …

The concept of human dignity plays a central role in many legal and political theories. The
concept also occupies a prominent place in numerous national and international legal …