Few deny the political importance of the value of human dignity, but many today are sceptical that it has more than rhetorical significance. This book retrieves the idea of human dignity as a vital political value, and shows how, and in what form, it is at stake in politics.
Few deny the political importance of the value of human dignity, but many today are sceptical that it has more than rhetorical significance. This book retrieves the idea of human dignity as a vital political value, and shows how, and in what form, it is at stake in politics.
Colin Bird is Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia. He is author of The Myth of Liberal Individualism (Cambridge University Press, 1999), An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2006, 2020) and numerous journal articles.
Inhaltsangabe
Part I. The Contours of Dignitarian Humanism: 1. The tribunal of human dignity 2. Some remarks on method 3. Pressure points 4. Four concepts of dignity Part II. Against Traditional Accounts of Human Dignity: 5. The inherent dignity of the person 6. The inner ocean 7. Passport-dignity Part III. A Revisionist Approach: 8. Dignity-revisionism: Challenges and opportunities 9. Commercial and human economies 10. Marx on value and valorization 11. Love and respect: Attentional currencies 12. Attentional precedence 13. Human dignity 14. After respect 15. Human dignity and political criticism.
Part I. The Contours of Dignitarian Humanism: 1. The tribunal of human dignity 2. Some remarks on method 3. Pressure points 4. Four concepts of dignity Part II. Against Traditional Accounts of Human Dignity: 5. The inherent dignity of the person 6. The inner ocean 7. Passport-dignity Part III. A Revisionist Approach: 8. Dignity-revisionism: Challenges and opportunities 9. Commercial and human economies 10. Marx on value and valorization 11. Love and respect: Attentional currencies 12. Attentional precedence 13. Human dignity 14. After respect 15. Human dignity and political criticism.
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