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Human Rights and Human Dignity

Halldenius, Lena LU orcid (2023) p.209-222
Abstract
This contribution is an analysis of the philosophical construction of the dignity of the human, with a critical but hopefully constructive engagement with Dan Egonsson’s reflections on social attitudes about the dignity of humanity and how and why moral philosophers ought to account for then. I agree that philosophers should account for actual social attitudes, but my discussion will tend towards the conclusion that “accounting for” should be a consciously political and critical exercise, lest philosophers risk reproducing prejudice and bias.
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organization
alternative title
Mänskliga rättigheter och mänsklig värdighet
publishing date
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Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Human rights, Human dignity, Social attitudes, Equality, Personalism
host publication
Value, Morality & Social Reality : Essays dedicated to Dan Egonsson, Björn Petersson & Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen - Essays dedicated to Dan Egonsson, Björn Petersson & Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen
editor
Garcia, Andrés G. ; Gunnemyr, Mattias and Werkmäster, Jakob
pages
14 pages
publisher
Department of Philosophy, Lund University
ISBN
978-91-89415-66-9
978-91-89415-65-2
DOI
10.37852/oblu.189.c523
language
English
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yes
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a2f04fdf-e8a4-404a-a03b-14ac43b34a48
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https://books.lub.lu.se/catalog/view/189/266/1528
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2023-04-11 15:43:34
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2025-10-08 10:21:36
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  booktitle    = {{Value, Morality & Social Reality : Essays dedicated to Dan Egonsson, Björn Petersson & Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen}},
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  year         = {{2023}},
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