Dignity Its History and Meaning

Name: Dignity Its History and Meaning
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ISBN: 9780674064430

ISBN-10: 0674064437

ISBN-13: 9780674064430

Edition: 2012

Authors: Michael Rosen

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Book details

List price: $23.50
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/20/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English

Michael Rosen is a poet, writer and broadcaster, and held the post of Children's laureate from 2007-2009.



Preface


References and Abbreviations



"The Shibboleth of All Empty-Headed Moralists"



Humbug?



Cicero and After



Kant



Grace and Dignity



Dignity and Equality



Hierarchy



Respect for Rights and the Right to Respect



The Legislation of Dignity



Dwarves with Dignity



Germany



The Kantian Background: The Formula of Humanity



Catholicism and the Grundgesetz



Interpreting the Grundgesetz



Daschner and the Air Safety Law



Is There a Consistent Interpretation?



Voluntarism



Conclusion



Duty to Humanity



Humanism



A Utilitarian Response



Externalism



Non-Human Things May Be Intrinsically Good



Duty



Kant



Duty without Platonism


Notes


Index