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Interdisciplinary perspectives on human dignity and human rights

The concept of dignity is essential to discourses of human rights, and to understand what dignity means and requires, we must address a number of difficult questions with input from a wide range of disciplines. How is human dignity protected, maintained, or ensured in a rapidly changing world? What...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Mahmoudi, Hoda (Editor), Penn, Michael L., 1958- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing, 2019.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; Hoda Mahmoudi Section One. Theory/Discourse Chapter 1. Universal Consciousness of Human Dignity; Hoda Mahmoudi Chapter 2. Towards a Principle of Human Dignity; Suheil Bushrui Chapter 3. Reframing the Concept of Human Dignity; Michael Karlberg Chapter 4. Promoting Human Rights and Human Dignity in an Axial Age; Michael L. Penn, Tri Nguyen Chapter 5. How Does Dignity Ground Human Rights?; Jack Donnelly Section Two. Practice/Action Chapter 6. Honor-based Violence in Pakistan and its Eradication through the Development of a Cultural and Jurisprudential Ethos of Human Dignity; Sania Anwar Chapter 7. (In)dignity via (Mis)representation: Politics, Power, and Documentary Film; Justin de Leon Chapter 8. Dignifying Education: The Emergence of Teachers as Transcultural Messengers; Barbara Finkelstein Chapter 9. Cultivating Human Rights and Protecting Human Dignity by Nurturing Altruism and a Life of Service: Integrating U.N. Sustainable Development Goals into School Curricula; Michael Haslip, Michael Penn.