Title Religion and Civil Human Rights in Empirical Perspective

Published Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (243 pages) Series Religion and Human Rights ; v. 2 Religion & human rights series. Contents Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Religious and Humanist Perspectives on Human Rights -- Introduction -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) -- Five Perspectives on Human Rights -- Catholic Perspectives -- Protestant Perspectives -- Orthodox Perspectives -- Islamic Perspectives -- Humanist and Humanitarian Perspectives -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Predictors of Attitudes Towards Human Dignity: An Empirical Analysis Among Youth in Germany -- Theoretical Introduction -- Human Dignity Human Dignity and Human Rights Religion, Belief and Human Dignity -- Interpersonal Awareness and Human Dignity -- Social Context and Human Dignity -- Method -- Research Procedure and Sample -- Conceptual Model -- Conceptualization and Operationalization -- Human Dignity -- Religious Belief -- Interpersonal Awareness -- Social-Class Context -- Religious Socialization -- Socio-demographic Characteristics -- Research Questions and Hypotheses -- Empirical Findings -- Descriptive Analyses -- Human Dignity -- Religious Belief Interpersonal AwarenessEmpathy -- Perception of Tensions and Injustice in Society -- Empathy and the Perception of Tensions -- Social-class Context -- Religious Socialization -- Regression Models -- Human Dignity as Merit -- Human Dignity as Moral Stature -- Inherent Human Dignity -- Conclusions -- Comparative Reflection About the Importance of Predictors -- Research Questions and Hypotheses -- Outlook -- References -- Chapter 3: Understanding Human Dignity. Theoretical Groundings and Empirical Findings Among the Youth in Belarus Theoretical Introduction Two Theoretical Models of Human Dignity -- Human Dignity in ROC Teachings and in the Philosophy of Healthcare Ethics -- The Importance of Religious Arguments for Human Dignity and the Functions of Religion -- Religiosity, Authoritarianism, and Human Dignity -- Design of the Study -- Research Question(s) -- Procedure and Sample -- Operationalisation and Method -- Conceptual Model -- Hypotheses -- Empirical Findings -- Descriptive Analyses The Uncertainty in Attitudes Towards the Concept of Human Dignity Among Young People in Belarus The Function of Religion in Society -- Religiosity, Function of Religion and Personal Characteristics Scales -- Regression Analyses Regarding the Influence of the Independent Variables on the three Dimensions of Human Dignity -- The Human Dignity of Merit and Its Personal and Socio-cultural Predictors Among Belarusian Youth -- The Predictors for Human Dignity of Moral Stature Among Belarusian Youth Summary This volume offers an empirical perspective on the so-called first generation of human rights. It explores the legitimization of these human rights by individual people, both because of their religion and because of their vision of what constitutes human dignity Notes "" The Attitudes Towards Inherent Dignity Among Belarusian Students"" Print version record Subject Social justice. Social Justice Social justice. Form Electronic book Author Sterkens, Carl ISBN 9783319592855 3319592858

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