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Title
Dignity : a history / Remy Debes.
ISBN
9780199386024 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
BJ1533.D45 D54 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
179.9
Summary
In everything from philosophical ethics to legal argument to public activism, it has become commonplace to appeal to human dignity. Dignity refers to the fundamental moral worth or statu supposedly belonging to all persons equally. But this is relatively new. In this volume, leading scholars across a range of disciplines attempt to clarify the variegated and murky history of 'dignity,' and explain how it arrived it is current and historically unusual meaning.
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In everything from philosophical ethics to legal argument to public activism, it has become commonplace to appeal to human dignity. Dignity refers to the fundamental moral worth or statu supposedly belonging to all persons equally. But this is relatively new. In this volume, leading scholars across a range of disciplines attempt to clarify the variegated and murky history of 'dignity,' and explain how it arrived it is current and historically unusual meaning.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 5, 2017).
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Series
Oxford philosophical concepts.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9780199385997
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