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Inherent Human Dignity : A Philosophical Meditation - Glenn Hughes

Inherent Human Dignity

A Philosophical Meditation

By: Glenn Hughes, James Greenaway (Foreword by)

Paperback | 15 August 2025

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Inherent Human Dignity explores the philosophical and existential foundations of what it means to be human.

Inherent Human Dignity is a philosophical meditation and defense of the value of being human. Glenn Hughes explores the existential foundations of these concepts in this structured and accessible study about the experience of being human.

Hughes locates human dignity within the philosophical, political, and historical horizons of human culture. Guided by Eric Voegelin and Bernard Lonergan, literary and artistic examples, key moments of our modern era, and his own scholarship on the religions of the world, Hughes unfolds and accounts for human dignity''s place in our world. He additionally utilizes key moments of our modern era to frame our understanding of human dignity, paying close attention to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that was created by the United Nations following World War II. Ultimately, Hughes''s meditation is concerned both with exploring the maximally differentiated set of insights into the meaning of being human and with articulating why the discovery of the inherent equal dignity of every person—without exception—is a profound and unique achievement.

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"Hughes shows us the way to reclaim our inherent dignity within a world of meaning. This book promises to be the go-to volume that concisely explains not just that we should affirm inherent dignity for all human beings, but how and why we must." -John von Heyking, author of Comprehensive Judgement and Absolute Selflessness "Inherent Human Dignity fills a need for a thoroughgoing philosophical defense of the notion of inherent human value and dignity." -David Baggett, co-author of The Moral Argument

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