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Foreword |
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Why a handbook on human dignity? |
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Acknowledgments |
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1 Human dignity from a legal perspective |
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2 Human dignity: concepts, discussions, philosophical perspectives |
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Part I Origins of the concept in European history |
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3 Meritocratic and civic dignity in Greco-Roman antiquity |
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4 Human dignity in the Middle Ages (twelfth to fourteenth century) |
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64 | (10) |
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5 Human dignity in late-medieval spiritual and political conflicts |
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74 | (11) |
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6 Human dignity in Renaissance humanism |
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85 | (10) |
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7 The Council of Valladolid (1550--1551): a European disputation about the human dignity of indigenous peoples of the Americas |
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95 | (6) |
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8 Martin Luther's conception of human dignity |
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101 | (7) |
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9 Natural rights versus human dignity: two conflicting traditions |
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108 | (9) |
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10 Rousseau and human dignity |
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117 | (9) |
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11 Human dignity and socialism |
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126 | (9) |
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12 Human dignity in the Jewish tradition |
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135 | (12) |
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Part II Beyond the scope of the European tradition |
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13 The concepts of human dignity in moral philosophies of indigenous peoples of the Americas |
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147 | (8) |
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14 Human dignity in the Islamic world |
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155 | (8) |
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15 Hinduism: the universal self in a class society |
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163 | (7) |
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16 Buddhism: inner dignity and absolute altruism |
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170 | (7) |
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17 Human dignity in traditional Chinese Confucianism |
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177 | (5) |
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18 Dignity in traditional Chinese Daoism |
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182 | (9) |
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Part III Systematic conceptualization |
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19 Social and cultural presuppositions for the use of the concept of human dignity |
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191 | (9) |
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20 Is human dignity the ground of human rights? |
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200 | (8) |
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21 Human dignity: can a historical foundation alone suffice? From Joas' affirmative genealogy to Kierkegaard's leap of faith |
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208 | (7) |
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22 Kantian perspectives on the rational basis of human dignity |
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215 | (7) |
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23 Kantian dignity: a critique |
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222 | (8) |
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24 Human dignity and human rights in Alan Gewirth's moral philosophy |
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230 | (10) |
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25 Human dignity in the capability approach |
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240 | (10) |
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26 Human dignity in Catholic thought |
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250 | (10) |
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27 Jacques Maritain's personalist conception of human dignity |
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260 | (9) |
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28 Scheler and human dignity |
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269 | (7) |
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29 Dignity and the Other: dignity and the phenomenological tradition |
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276 | (10) |
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30 Dignity, fragility, singularity in Paul Ricœur's ethics |
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286 | (12) |
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31 Human dignity as universal nobility |
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298 | (12) |
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32 Dignity in the ubuntu tradition |
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310 | (9) |
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319 | (13) |
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34 Dignity as the right to have rights: human dignity in Hannah Arendt |
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332 | (11) |
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35 Individual and collective dignity |
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343 | (12) |
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Part IV Legal implementation |
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36 Equal dignity in international human rights |
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355 | (7) |
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37 Is human dignity a useless concept? Legal perspectives |
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362 | (6) |
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38 Human dignity in French law |
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368 | (7) |
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Stephanie Hennette-Vauchez |
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39 Human dignity in German law |
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375 | (11) |
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40 Human dignity in US law |
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386 | (8) |
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41 Human dignity in South American law |
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394 | (7) |
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42 Human dignity in South African law |
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401 | (6) |
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43 The Islamic world and the alternative declarations of human rights |
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407 | (7) |
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44 The protection of human dignity under Chinese law |
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414 | (8) |
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45 Human dignity in Japanese law |
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422 | (7) |
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46 The place of dignity in the Indian Constitution |
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429 | (10) |
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Part V Conflicts and violence |
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439 | (7) |
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48 Treatment of prisoners and torture |
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446 | (8) |
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49 Human dignity and prostitution |
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454 | (7) |
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50 Human dignity, immigration and refugees |
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461 | (10) |
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Part VI Contexts of justice |
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51 Human dignity and social welfare |
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471 | (6) |
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52 Dignity and global justice |
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477 | (7) |
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53 Human dignity and people with disabilities |
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484 | (8) |
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54 Human dignity as a concept for the economy |
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492 | (6) |
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55 Human dignity and gender inequalities |
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498 | (7) |
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56 The rise and fall of freedom of online expression |
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505 | (12) |
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Part VII Biology and bioethics |
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57 The threefold challenge of Darwinism to an ethics of human dignity |
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517 | (9) |
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58 On the border of life and death: human dignity and bioethics |
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526 | (9) |
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59 Human dignity and commodification in bioethics |
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535 | (6) |
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60 Dignity only for humans? A controversy |
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61 Dignity only for humans? On the dignity and inherent value of non-human beings |
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546 | (5) |
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62 Human dignity and future generations |
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551 | (8) |
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Appendix 1 Further reading |
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559 | (4) |
Appendix 2 Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
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563 | (7) |
Index |
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