Screen LibraryDignity : its history and meaning /
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Harvard University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: |
2018. ©2012 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Harvard University Press paperback edition. |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 176 pages ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780674984059 (paperback) : 0674984056 (paperback) 9780674064430 (cloth : alkaline paper) 0674064437 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | BJ1533 |
| CLC: | B82-063 |
| Call Number: | B82-063/R813 |
| Contents: |
"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 -- Duty without Platonism. |