Dignity
Subtitle: its history and meaning
By: Michael Rosen
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780674064430
Subjects: Dignity; Respect for persons
Description: Discusses the history and meaning of dignity, showing how modern conceptions of dignity inherit several distinct strands of meaning, and connects the modern definition with Immanuel Kant's philosophy on dignity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "The shibboleth of all empty-headed moralists"; title: The legislation of dignity; title: Duty to humanity.