Religious Ethics and the Human Dignity Revolution

Human dignity, even when analyzed through the lens of human rights, has received surprisingly little attention in the Journal of Religious Ethics, in contrast to a resurgent global interest in it. This article examines some possible reasons for this diminutive interest and makes a case for dignity&#...

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1. VerfasserIn: Ilesanmi, Simeon O. 1963- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell 2023
In: Journal of religious ethics
Jahr: 2023, Band: 51, Heft: 4, Seiten: 652-672
weitere Schlagwörter:B Dignity
B Human Rights
B Social Movements
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Zusammenfassung:Human dignity, even when analyzed through the lens of human rights, has received surprisingly little attention in the Journal of Religious Ethics, in contrast to a resurgent global interest in it. This article examines some possible reasons for this diminutive interest and makes a case for dignity's integration into the mainstream of religious ethics scholarship. A social conception of human dignity understands it as a conferment that entitles its holder to certain respectful treatments unavailable to those without it. As a naturalistic conception, human dignity assumes certain features to be inherent in human nature. An emancipatory theory of dignity offers a fuller accounting of the concept as it is informed by a grassroots human rights praxis and social movements across a spectrum of historical periods and cultural and political contexts.
ISSN:1467-9795
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/jore.12465