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Perspectives on Human Dignity : A Conversation

A Conversation

By: Jeff Malpas (Editor), Norelle Lickiss (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 October 2007

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The Honourable William Cox AC RFD ED, Governor of Tasmania The issue of human dignity was given a new impetus at the end of the Second World War as a reaction to the horrors of the Jewish holocaust and other Nazi atrocities. The immediate consequence was its recognition in such international documents as the Charter of the United Nations (1945) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). Several new national constitutions likewise gave it recognition. Though undefined, it was seen as a supreme value possessed by all human beings and one giving rise to rights and obligations in and upon them. In recent decades the existence of these rights has led to acceptance of procedures whereby they may be enforced, and to the overthrow of such doctrines constraining them as that of Sovereign Immunity. In domestic law, too, there have been ramifications, while advances in medical science have raised ethical issues in respect of genetics, human cloning, and the termination or officious prolongation of life. It was timely then that consideration should be given to human dignity by a wide range of researchers and practitioners in disciplines such as law, philosophy, history, political science, medicine, the arts, and theology at the Colloquium in Hobart in 2004 organized by the editors of this volume.

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Philosophy of The Mind

Foreword
Introduction to a Conversation	p. 1
The Concept of Human Dignity
Human Dignity and Human Worth	p. 9
Human Dignity and Human Being	p. 19
On Human Dignity: Fragments of an Exploration	p. 27
Two Conceptions of Dignity: Honour and Self-Determination	p. 43
Human Dignity and Charity	p. 59
Human Dignity: Functions and Meanings	p. 73
A Brief History of Human Dignity: Idea and Application	p. 93
Human Dignity in Context
A Journey Towards Understanding: True and False Dignity	p. 109
The Question of Dignity: Doubts and Loves and a Whisper from Where the Ruined House Once Stood	p. 119
Religion and Dignity: Assent and Dissent	p. 127
Giving the Past Its Dignity	p. 135
Dignity and Indignity	p. 141
Human Dignity and the Law	p. 151
On the International Legal Aspects of Human Dignity	p. 157
Doing Justice to Dignity in the Criminal Law	p. 169
Human Dignity: The New Phase in International Law	p. 183
Dignity and Health	p. 187
Human Dignity: The Perspective of a Gynaecological Oncologist	p. 193
The Social Origins of Dignity in Medical Care at the End of Life	p. 199
Dying with Dignity: The Story Reveals Its Meaning	p. 209
Bibliography	p. 225
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