The idea of person and human dignity

Abstract

Starting from different partial rationales that, in different passages of history, have contributed to the idea of person and human dignity, this article delves into what it means to be a person, in the sense of the dignity that is its own. Thus, we reflect on the position that corresponds to it in a just society, at the height of our time, with the consequences that derive from it, particularly for morals, politics and the Law. A certain type of society where each person can find the appropriate conditions for the development of all dimensions of their humanity and live harmoniously in community and with the rest of nature. We are facing a reflection that seeks to contribute to the human being able to develop fully, with his effort, but with the support of others. A mode of social coexistence where democracy and the rule of law are presented, along with fundamental rights, as the forms of legal-political organization most in line with human dignity, with the objectives of rationalization and humanization that are pursued to build and strengthen a just society.