Human Dignity

Name: Human Dignity
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ISBN: 9780674284173

ISBN-10: 0674284178

ISBN-13: 9780674284173

Edition: 2014

Authors: George Kateb

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We often speak of the dignity owed to a person. And dignity is a word that regularly appears in political speeches. Charters are promulgated in its name, and appeals to it are made when people all over the world struggle to achieve their rights. But what exactly is dignity? When one person physically assaults another, we feel the wrong demands immediate condemnation and legal sanction. Whereas when one person humiliates or thoughtlessly makes use of another, we recognize the wrong and hope for a remedy, but the social response is less clear. The injury itself may be hard to quantify.Given our concern with human dignity, it is odd that it has received comparatively little scrutiny. Here,…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/31/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

George Kateb is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, Emeritus, Princeton University.