Dignity, Torture, and Human Rights

This paper focuses on a distinct puzzle for understanding the relationship between dignity and human rights. The puzzle is that dignity appears to enter human rights theory in two distinct roles: on the one hand, dignity is commonly pointed to as the foundation of human rights, i.e. that in virtue o...

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Published in:Ethical theory and moral practice
Main Author: Killmister, Suzy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2016]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 5, Pages: 1087-1101
RelBib Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCD Political ethics
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Dignity
B Human Rights
B Torture
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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