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Immanuel Kant is often considered to be the source of the contemporary idea of human dignity, but his conception of human dignity and its relation to human valu
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-12-30 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book advances our understanding of the nature, grounds and limits of human dignity by connecting it with Kant’s notion of an ideal moral community, or "K
Dignity
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Authors: Michael Rosen
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-04 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Dignity plays a central role in thinking about law and human rights, but there is sharp disagreement about its meaning. Combining conceptual precision with a br
The Cambridge Handbook of Human Dignity
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This introduction to human dignity explores the history of the notion from antiquity to the nineteenth century, and the way in which dignity is conceptualised i
The Value of Humanity in Kant's Moral Theory
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: Richard Dean
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The humanity formulation of Kant's Categorical Imperative demands that we treat humanity as an end in itself. Because this principle resonates with currently in