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1 online resource (xi, 239 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction to a conversation / Jeff Malpas and Norelle Lickiss -- Human dignity and human worth / Daniel P. Sulmasy -- Human dignity and human being / Jeff Malpas -- On human dignity: fragments of an exploration / Norelle Lickiss -- Two conceptions of dignity : honour and self-determination / Andrew Brennan and Y.S. Lo -- Human dignity and charity / Rosalind Hursthouse -- Human dignity: functions and meanings / Doron Shultziner -- A brief history of human dignity: idea and application / Milton Lewis -- A Journey towards understanding: true and false dignity / Christina Mason -- The question of human dignity: doubts and loves and a whisper from where the ruined house once stood / Veronica Brady -- Human dignity: a borderline heretical response / Stuart Blackler -- Giving the past its dignity / Greg Dening -- Dignity and indignity / Nicholas Tarling -- Human dignity and the law / Sir Guy Green -- On the international legal aspects of human dignity / Don Chalmers and Ryuichi Ida -- Doing justice to dignity in the criminal law / Julia Davis -- Human dignity: the new phase in international law / Michael Tate -- Dignity and health / Martin Tattersall -- Human dignity : the perspective of a gynaecological oncologist / Neville F. Hacker -- The social origins of dignity in medical care at the end of life / Nicholas Cristakis -- Dying with dignity : the story reveals its meaning / Jack Coulehan |
| Summary |
The idea of human dignity is central to any reflection on the nature of human worth, and has become a key concept in international and national law, in medical ethics, and in much philosophical and political theory. However, the idea is a complex one that also takes on many different forms. This collection explores the idea of human dignity as it arises within these many different domains, opening up the possibility of a multidisciplinary conversation that illuminates the concept itself, as well as the idea of the human to which it stands in an essential relation. The book is not only an intri |
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filosofie |
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philosophy |
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ethiek |
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ethics |
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recht |
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law |
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geneeskunde |
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medicine |
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volksgezondheid |
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public health |
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geesteswetenschappen |
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humanities |
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Philosophy (General) |
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Filosofie (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
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Dignity.
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Respect for persons.
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Human beings.
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Ethics.
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Philosophy.
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Humans
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Ethics
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Social Behavior
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Philosophy
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ethics (philosophy)
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philosophy.
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medicines (material)
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Homo sapiens (species)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Dignity.
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Respect for persons.
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Sciences humaines.
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Sciences sociales.
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Dignity
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Respect for persons
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Malpas, Jeff
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Lickiss, Norelle
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| ISBN |
9781402062810 |
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1402062818 |
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9781402062803 |
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140206280X |
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1281117358 |
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9781281117359 |
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