Dignity

The simple dignity of sentient life: speciesism and human dignity.

Does the very idea of “human dignity” entail some moral disrespect for nonhuman animals? Put otherwise, does the notion of “human dignity” smack of speciesism (roughly, a view whereby nonhuman, sentient individuals are denied [adequate] moral standing on essentially arbitrary grounds)? Animal advocates, like James Rachels, often allege that there is a serious clash between the traditional view ...

Dying with dignity.

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Help with Dignity

“Liberality, Consideration and Dignity”

The words in the title were used by an elderly medical widow whose circumstances changed suddenly and she did not know where to turn to or how she was going to manage. The Royal Medical Benevolent Fund was contacted and as a result of her application and the back up report of the Area Visitor, this lady has been helped and her worries have been lifted from her shoulders. These words of thanks s...

Beyond Freedom and Dignity

Almost all living things act to free themselves from harmful contacts. A kind of freedom is achieved by the relatively simple forms of behavior called reflexes. A person sneezes and frees his respiratory passages from irritating substances. He vomits and frees his stomach from indigestible or poisonous food. He pulls back his hand and frees it from a sharp or hot object. More elaborate forms of...