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Contours of Dignity
Engelsk Hardback
Contours of Dignity
Engelsk Hardback

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In Contours of Dignity, Suzanne Killmister sets out an original and innovative approach to understanding dignity. She considers the relationship between dignity and respect, the ways in which shame and humiliation can constitute dignity violations, and the links between dignity and human rights. Departing from the dominant conception of dignity as an inherent feature of all human beings, Killmister instead ties dignity to personal and social standards. She argues for a tripartite theory--comprised of personal dignity, social dignity, and status dignity--in which dignity is to be understood in terms of the norms to which we hold ourselves and others. This revised understanding opens the door to a rich exploration of the moral significance of dignity, and the ways in which dignity can be violated, frustrated, or destroyed. These fresh insights can then help us understand the distinctively dignitarian harms that are inflicted on people when they are tortured, humiliated, or disrespected. Killmister concludes by offering a novel account of human rights, one that is built upon the idea that the ''human'' in human rights should be interpreted as a socially constructed category.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
192
ISBN-13:
9780198844365
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0198844360
Udg. Dato:
5 mar 2020
Længde:
18mm
Bredde:
223mm
Højde:
145mm
Forlag:
Oxford University Press
Oplagsdato:
5 mar 2020
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