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Dignity [electronic resource] : its history and meaning / Michael Rosen.

Rosen, Michael, 1952-
2012
BJ1533.R42 R67 2012eb
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Title
Dignity [electronic resource] : its history and meaning / Michael Rosen.
Author
Rosen, Michael, 1952-
ISBN
9780674065512 electronic book
0674064437
9780674064430
9780674068780
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 176 p.)
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BJ1533.R42 R67 2012eb
Summary
Discusses the history and meaning of dignity, showing how modern conceptions of dignity inherit several distinct strands of meaning, and connects the modern definition with Immanuel Kant's philosophy on dignity.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1. "The shibboleth of all empty-headed moralists." Humbug?
Cicero and after
Kant
Grace and dignity
Dignity and equality
Hierarchy
Respect for rights and the right to respect
2. The legislation of dignity. Dwarves with dignity
Germany
The Kantian background : the formula of humanity
Catholicism and the Grundgesetz
Interpreting the Grundgesetz
Daschner and the air safety law
Is there a consistent interpretation?
Voluntarism
Conclusion
3. Duty to humanity. Humanism
A utilitarian response
Externalism
Non-human things may be intrinsically good
Duty
Kant
Duty without Platonism.

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