Human Dignity and Children: Operationalizing a Human rights Concept

A Concept of Human Dignity

a concept of human dignity

this paper argues for acceptance of digniry as a concept that ne use to describe an aggregate ef values and qualities of someone or something that deserve esteem and respect. the primary value that creates the nght to have dzgniry is life. the degree of dzgniry according to a particular life form depends on its place in the evolutionary scale. human beings are the hzghestform ef life so thry po...

Human dignity, bioethics, and human rights.

The authors analyse and assess the Universal Draft Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights published by UNESCO. They argue that the Draft has two main weaknesses. It unnecessarily confines the scope of bioethics to life sciences and their practical applications. And it fails to spell out the intended role of human dignity in international ethical regulation.

Dignity and Human Rights in Correctional Practice

Interventions with offenders have a normative layer as well as a scientific basis and therefore it is not possible to quarantine ethical questions from discussions of best practice. My aim in this paper is to provide an expanded ethical canvass from which to approach correctional practice with offenders. The cornerstone of this broader ethical perspective will be the concept of human dignity an...

Freedom and Human Dignity

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