Human dignity

Authors

  • Jesús Ignacio Delgado Rojas Carlos III University of Madrid image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20318/eunomia.2018.4347

Keywords:

Dignity, Kant, personal autonomy, happiness, human rights

Abstract

Abstract: Human dignity is a central value for Culture of legality and in most legal systems enjoys the highest guarantees, because it protected against attacks that could reduce it and also because serve as basis for other human rights. However, abuse of the term in political discourse and its strong moral and emotional load become dignity concept of vague outlines. This paper recovers Kantian classic treatment of dignity and offers a contemporary reading that will help us to deal with current problems.

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Published

2018-10-01

Issue

No. 15 (2018)

Section

Voices on Lawfulness

License

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How to Cite

Human dignity. (2018). EUNOMÍA. Revista En Cultura De La Legalidad, 15, 176-197. https://doi.org/10.20318/eunomia.2018.4347