In existing discussions of human dignity, this is where etymology typically begins, sometimes
under the rubric of History. When literal, there is usually some remark about the Latin …

This paper suggests that the contemporary principle of human dignity in some of its
“dignitarian” uses (in such landmark cases as those concerning dwarf-throwing, as well as …

Is there a stable set of practices or assumptions surrounding dignity, and would these
necessarily denote a single foundation sustaining that stability? Two contemporary debates …

“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 discussion of human dignity raises such complex issues, and the issues that current
scholarship now considers central to its understanding are so daunting, that we are in …

Dignity is a complex concept. In academic and legal contexts, it is typically used in the
couplet “human dignity” to denote a kind of basic worth or status that purportedly belongs to …

This is the first of a planned annual series of volumes publishing the principal studies from
the quarterly Philosophy Forum. It is the fulfillment, in part, of a hope first expressed by …

Abstract “Understanding Human Dignity” aims to help the reader make sense of current
debates about the meaning and implications of the idea of “human dignity.” The concept of …

In everything from philosophical ethics to legal argument to public activism, it has become
commonplace to appeal to the idea of human dignity. In such contexts, the concept of dignity …

Any discussion of the place of the idea of human dignity, within a modem regime of human
rights, like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, might consider dignity as either a …