THE CONCEPT OF DIGNITY IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

This essay examines the function of the concept of human dignity (both as an inherent feature of human existence and as an ideal achievement) in the United Nations's 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It explains why the key framers of the document affirmed an inherent human dignity in...

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Main Author: Hughes, Glenn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2011
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-24
Further subjects:B Dignity
B Rights
B heuristic concept
B inherency
B Transcendence
B universal declaration
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