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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Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2011
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-24 |
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Dignity
B Rights B heuristic concept B inherency B Transcendence B universal declaration |
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