scholarly journals Deus qui humanae substantiae dignitatem

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 117-133
Author(s):  
James McEvoy ◽  
Mette Lebech ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Dignity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Holy Place

This article explores the history of the prayer Deus qui humanae substantiae dignitatem as a contribution to the conceptualization history of human dignity. It is argued that the prayer can be traced back to pre-Carolingian times, that it forms part of an early tradition of reflection on human dignity, and that it was adapted to use at the offertory, such that an association was made between human dignity and the holy exchange of gifts. In this way, the prayer significantly shaped the Christian concept of human dignity as the holy ‘place’ of commerce with God.

The Origins and Effectiveness of the Geneva Conventions for the Protection of War Victims

1973 ◽  
Vol 13 (147) ◽  
pp. 283-290
Author(s):  
Ian Harding
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Effective Protection ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
Unpublished Work ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Civilizations ◽  
War Victims

It gives us pleasure to publish extracts from a remarkable unpublished work by an Australian author, Ian Harding. In four chapters (Antiquity, Islam, Some European Developments, Henry Dunant) it covers the origins of the Geneva Conventions from ancient civilizations, and then goes on to explain their significance in international law and action (The Conventions, The Propositions, The Conclusions). The passages we quote below deal with the history of humanitarian ideas and the laborious efforts, repeated time and time again throughout the centuries, for the ever more effective protection of human dignity. (Ed.).

scholarly journals ABAY AND MODERNITY: A SYNERGETIC APPROACH TO SPIRITUAL HERITAGE

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 386-391
Author(s):  
A. Ongarbaeva ◽  
◽  
G. Karimova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Dignity ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Synergistic Approach ◽  
Great Poet ◽  
History Of ◽  
Advanced Culture ◽  
Universal Culture

The article discusses the synergistic approach of the spiritual heritage based on the works of the great poet AbayKunanbayev. The young generation should know its origins, what principles our people adhered to in the upbringing of the younger generation. Even now in modern times we find philosophical meaning in the works and sayings of Abay The author focuses on the fact that Abay's work has enriched the history of the people and, at the same time, the universal culture with new values. These values were kept by the people because they embodied the highest achievements of the people's spiritual wealth, which contributed to the flourishing of its advanced culture. Abay's works have been translated into many languages, and his work is widely acclaimed by foreign writers, poets and literary critics. In modern Kazakhstan, in the context of the globalization of the world, the call of the great Abai to learn from all peoples is relevant, while preserving its own face, national and human dignity, multiplying the number of friends, strengthening friendship with the whole world.

scholarly journals Exploring the use of the concept human dignity in disability human rights law: from UNCRPD to EctHR

2021 ◽  
pp. 27-53
Author(s):  
Elif Celik
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
European Court ◽  
History Of

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) accommodates the concept of human dignity more fully than does any other human rights treaty. The role and interpretation of dignity is thus particularly interesting from the perspective of disability human rights and case law. This study examines the role and significance of the concept of dignity in relation to the human rights disability discourse and jurisdiction through the guidance and impact of the CRPD. It examines the currently available jurisprudence of the CRPD Committee and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in light of the CRPD, seeking to identify the rights that are particularly related to the concept of dignity through the perspective of disability and to identify the requirements of the respect for dignity for persons with disabilities. While accepting the limitations of the sources in this examination due to the recent history of the CRPD, the study nevertheless locates some points where human dignity has particular relevance to the realisation of the rights protected in the CRPD.

scholarly journals Human Dignity or Social Contract as Normative Frameworks in Applied Ethics?

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-89
Author(s):  
Maureen Junker-Kenny
Keyword(s):  
Human Dignity ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Applied Ethics ◽  
Human Person ◽  
Imago Dei ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Theological Ethics ◽  
The Public ◽  
Primary Location ◽  
History Of

Abstract The enquiry whether human dignity as the translation of the biblical designation of the human person as imago Dei should continue to be the framework used to ground human rights and specify their realisation, is developed in five parts. The first identifies two understandings of dignity in the public realm, one inherent-transcendental, the other empirically verifiable. The second section compares the use of “dignity” in three traditions of Catholic Theological Ethics: virtue, natural law, and autonomy. In view of doubts whether theological anthropology should still be the primary location for expounding the meaning of imago Dei, the third section discusses attempts to absorb anthropology into ecclesiology. The modern history of reception of this biblical term by J.G. Herder is outlined in section four, before drawing conclusions from the previous enquiries for the question which language theological ethics should use in public discourse, imago Dei or dignity.

Problems of the concept “guarantor of the constitution”

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-45
Author(s):  
Mikhail Krasnov
Keyword(s):  
Human Dignity ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Actor ◽  
Normal Functioning ◽  
Public Power ◽  
Political Force ◽  
State Apparatus ◽  
History Of

The article critically analyses the concept of “guarantor of the constitution”. Briefly describing the history of the emergence of the concept, the author argues that it was originally understood too narrowly – only as a function of ensuring the stable functioning of the state apparatus. This is also how it is understood today. Meanwhile, even if the state apparatus is formally operating legally, this does not always mean that its operation is consistent with constitutional principles and values. The constitution is not simply an act of supreme legal force. It is imbued with constitutionalism, which boils down to the idea and practice of limiting power for the sake of the value of human dignity. In its turn, constitutionalism is secured by a number of principles and values, including pluralism. However, constitutionalism can also suffer from pluralism. The article speaks of two threats on this side: first, large-scale inter-party conflicts (both direct and “disguised” as conflicts between state bodies) and, second, the possibility of a political force aligned against constitutionalism gaining state power. Consequently, guaranteeing the constitution consists not only of ensuring the normal functioning of the institutions of public power, but also of protecting and defending the constitutional principles and values, which together represent constitutionalism. However, practice shows that presidents either neglect this “second part” or use the appeal to constitutional values to strengthen their own power. In the author’s view, this is due to the fallacy of the very model of a mixed (semi-presidential) republic, within which the concept of “guarantor of the constitution” emerged. The institution of the president in this model is positioned by doctrine as politically neutral and therefore above all branches of power. However, the neutrality of the president of a mixed republic is illusory, for he is a more or less active political actor and therefore incapable of fulfilling the role of guarantor of the constitution. The false presumption of presidential neutrality not only makes the institution of the guarantor ineffective, but also contributes to the authoritarian trend of the president.

Religious Culture Contested: The Sufi Ritual of Dawsa in Nineteenth-Century Cairo

2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meir Hatina
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Religious Culture ◽  
Government Official ◽  
Muslim Society ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sufi Order ◽  
Modern Era

AbstractWith the entry of Muslim society into the modern era in the nineteenth century, Sufi beliefs and rituals became the focus of systematic debate and denunciation by local and foreign observers alike. An illuminating example is the dawsa ritual—a ceremony involving the shaykh of the Sa'diyya order riding his horse over the backs of his prostrate disciple s, which was particularly widespread in the Cairene milieu. This practice, intended to prove that true believers are protected from all harm, was officially abolished in 1881 in the name of enlightenment and human dignity. The present article traces the history of the dawsa and, more broadly, sheds light on the Sufi encounter with the challenges of modernity. It reveals a diverse picture of the anti-Sufi campaign carried out by various elements in Egypt—foreign consul s, government official s, modernists and nationalists—which resulted in a loss of influence by Sufi order s, yet fostered a capacity for survival and ideological rejuvenation.

Some remarks on the concept and intellectual history of human dignity

Human Affairs ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marián Palenčár
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Cognitive Content ◽  
Classification Analysis ◽  
Holy Trinity ◽  
Scientific Image ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of

AbstractThe article looks at general problems associated with the explication of the concept of human dignity, then looks specifically at this in relation to bioethics and suggests possible solutions. The author explores the intellectual history of the concept (Cicero) and responds to the radical criticism that the concept of human dignity is useless and redundant in bioethical discourse (it is ambiguous, lacks cognitive content, is of religious provenance and is incompatible with the modern (Darwinist) scientific image of the world). He argues 1) that the ambiguity and relativity of the concept can be solved by precisely identifying the content and performing a classification analysis and shows that the concept does have cognitive content that is irreducible to other concepts; 2) that the need to elaborate the concept of human dignity is pre-Christian in origin (Cicero) and that the idea of a personal God and the Holy Trinity are not prerequisite to the concept; and 3) that the idea of

scholarly journals The Secret History of Constitutional Dignity

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Moyn
Keyword(s):  
Long Range ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Social Thought ◽  
High Status ◽  
Catholic Social Thought ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
History Of ◽  
Liberal Philosophy ◽  
Politics And Law

Recent histories of human dignity have focused on long-range intellectual and social contexts that provide very little explanation of the presence of the concept in politics and law today. This chapter revisits the very brief historical window through which, between the late 1930 and late 1940s, dignity made its prominent entry into modern constitutionalism, largely under the auspices of Catholic social thought and with highly local political implications. As the evidence shows, the sources of this entry are to be found neither in Kantian cosmopolitanism, the democratization of high status, nor post-Holocaust recoil. The point is not to restrict the possible meanings of dignity in recent liberal philosophy or legal tactics to its predominant context of origin. It is to show that such later creativity arose not against the background of long traditions and promiscuous uses of the concept of dignity, but in concrete and sometimes necessarily polemical relation to mid-century Catholic transnational political ventures.

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