Dignity

A History

AvRemy Debes

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

In everything from philosophical ethics to legal argument to public activism, it has become commonplace to appeal to the idea of human dignity. In such contexts, the concept of dignity typically signifies something like the fundamental moral status belonging to all humans. Remarkably, however, it is only in the last century that this meaning of the term has become standardized. Before this, dignity was instead a concept associated with social status. Unfortunately, this transformation remains something of a mystery in existing scholarship. Exactly when and why did "dignity" change its meaning? And before this change, was it truly the case that we lacked a conception of human worth akin to the one that "dignity" now represents? In this volume, leading scholars across a range of disciplines attempt to answer such questions by clarifying the presently murky history of "dignity," from classical Greek thought through the Middle Ages and Enlightenment to the present day.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-08-10
Mått:203 x 140 x 27 mm
Vikt:499 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Philosophical Concepts
Antal sidor:432
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780199386000

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Remy Debes is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis. He has published on a wide variety of areas in moral theory, including human dignity, respect, metaethics, moral psychology, empathy, and understanding. He has also published a variety of articles and chapters in the history of ethics, especially on the work of David Hume and Adam Smith. He is the co-editor of Ethical Sentimentalism, forthcoming from Cambridge University Press.

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...a fascinating book that will enrich one's understanding of this important philosophical concept. Anyone interested in the history of dignity, or ethics in general, could benefit from this book.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Remy Debes Chapter 1. Dignity in Homer and Classical Greece Patrice RankineChapter 2. Dignity in Roman and Stoic Thought Miriam GriffinReflection: Dignity in Confucian and Buddhist Thought David WongChapter 3. Dignity After the Fall Bonnie KentChapter 4. Islamic Conceptions of Dignity: Historical Trajectories and Paradigms Mustafa ShahChapter 5. Dignity, Vile Bodies and Nakedness: Giovanni Pico and Giannozzo Manetti Brian CopenhaverReflection: Portraiture, Social Positioning, and Displays of Dignity in Early Modern London Edward TownChapter 6. Equal Dignity and Rights Stephen DarwallChapter 7. Human Dignity Before Kant: Denis Diderot's Passionate Person Remy DebesChapter 8. Dignity: Kant's Revolutionary Conception Oliver SensenReflection: A Time For Dignity Charles MillsChapter 9. Bourgeois Dignity: Making the Self-Made Man Christine HendersonReflection: Taking refuge from history in morality: Marx, Morality, and Dignity Somogy VargaChapter 10. Universalizing Dignity in the Nineteenth Century Mikka LaVaque-MantyReflection: Why Bioethics isn't Ready for Human Dignity Marcus DüwellChapter 11. Sympathy and Dignity in Early Africana Philosophy Bernie BoxillReflection: Death and Dignity in American Law Emma Kaufman