The discourse of human dignity
By: edited by Regina Ammicht-Quinn, Maureen Junker-Kenny and Elsa Tamez.
Contributors: Ammicht-Quinn, Regina.; Junker-Kenny, Maureen.; Tamez, Elsa.
Series: Concilium -- 2003/2; Concilium (Glen Rock, N.J.) -- 2003/2.
Publisher: SCM Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
Subjects: Dignity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.; Dignity.; Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Notes: Some contributions translated by John Bowden or Paul Burns.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Introduction: For dignity / Regina Ammicht-Quinn, Maureen Junker-Kenny, Elsa Tamez; value: Dignity in political and bioethical debates / Patrick Verspieren; value: The unrepeatable changes in the cultural concept of dignity / Oskar Negt; value: Whose dignity is inviolable?: human beings, machines and the discourse of dignity / Regina Ammicht-Quinn; value: The person who lacks dignity / Paul Valadier; value: Does dignity need a theological foundation? / Maureen Junker-Kenny; value: Dignity and liberation: a theological and political perspective / Juan José Tamayo-Acosta; value: Constructing the human: dignity in interreligious dialogue / Linda Hogan, John D'Arcy May; value: Dignity: its denial and recognition in a specific context of liberation / Enrique Dussel; value: Disability, equal dignity and care / Eva Kittay; value: 'In the name of dignity': arguments for and against voluntary euthanasia / Leocir Pessini; value: Commentary / Maureen Junker-Kenny; value: The editing of dignity: some afterthoughts / Regina Ammicht-Quinn, Maureen Junker-Kenny, Elsa Tamez; value: Documentation: Giving a say to those without a voice: African women stand upright / M. Bernadette Mbuy Beya.