Notion Of Human Dignity Research Articles

An Anatomy of Human Dignity; Dissecting the Heart of Humanistic Management

Human dignity is introduced in the humanistic management school to distinguish humanistic from economistic perspectives on organizational business practices. Placing human dignity at the core of management leads to a different outlook on doing business, organizing and leading. Within the humanistic management literature, there are several distinct paths to ground human dignity in humanistic management. One school views human dignity as a form of motivation, another focuses on its value-laden components, and still others view human dignity as a form of human development. We introduce relational anthropology as a fourth possibility, emphasizing relationality in the notion of human dignity, with love at its core as the essence of human experience. However, as the experience of human dignity is universally human, culturally specific and extremely personal, interpretations of experienced dignity could be very different for different people. We continue to discuss a cosmopolitan view on human dignity, in which we reject both naïve universalism and lazy relativism, pointing to the challenge of leading moral plurality. We close by summarizing the different approaches to human dignity in a conciliatory framework and outline why we believe an explicit emphasis on qualitative, phenomenological research is the best way forward, bringing love to the stage as the potentially unifying principle for humanistic management.

Kant's Notion of Human Dignity in Dialogue with Islamic Thinking: For an Interstitial and Extra-National Account of Human Dignity

Kant's Notion of Human Dignity in Dialogue with Islamic Thinking: For an Interstitial and Extra-National Account of Human Dignity

Human dignity and researcher conduct in emergency care research with incapacitated adults

Emergency care research sometimes involves incapacitated adults as research participants. The ethical principle of respect for autonomy may not necessarily apply to an incapacitated person unable to act in an autonomous manner, although it can be argued that researchers still have a duty of respect towards such people because they have moral status despite being incapacitated. Sharing some common ground with theories of moral status based on ‘humanness’ and the ability for rational thought is the notion of human dignity, which features in arguments regarding researcher conduct with incapacitated patients. However, human dignity premised upon the unique ability of humans for rational thought and moral self-regulation is contingent upon these capabilities – a limitation that possibly makes dignity a less useful framework for research conduct in emergency care research. In this article, I will discuss the different conceptions of human dignity – as equality, status and virtue – and then draw on more recent literature that explains human dignity as a social constraint and as a factor influencing the conduct of healthcare professionals and researchers. I will address questions of whether dignity as a principle ought to apply only to those who have the ability to think rationally, or to all humans regardless of their condition or mental status. I will argue that, in relation to offering protection to research participants in emergency conditions, it is immaterial which view is taken.

‘Care of the Self’ and Political Resistance in Kant's Notion of Human Dignity: A ‘Critical’ and Novel Explanation

‘Care of the Self’ and Political Resistance in Kant's Notion of Human Dignity: A ‘Critical’ and Novel Explanation

Conteúdo material e culturalmente inclusivo do Princípio da Dignidade da Pessoa Humana

Pretende-se, a partir do exame de diferentes abordagens filosóficas da noção de dignidade humana, apresentar os termos de um conteúdo do Princípio da Dignidade da Pessoa Humana que seja mostre consentâneo com a realidade da desigualdade material e da opressão cultural que permeiam o modelo societal vigente. Para tanto, foi empregado o método procedimental bibliográfico, tendo-se por ponto de partida a proposta de Daniel Sarmento sobre as funções e componentes do Princípio da Dignidade da Pessoa Humana, sobretudo os componentes do mínimo existencial e do reconhecimento, analisados, neste artigo, à luz de outros autores dos campos do conhecimento filosófico, sociológico e jurídico. Conclui-se que que o Princípio da Pessoa Humana exige seja dada máxima proteção aos direitos à igualdade material e ao reconhecimento, o que reclama, necessariamente, a preservação de espaços institucionais deliberativos que assegurem representação plural de todos os grupos econômica e culturalmente vulneráveis.

Solidarity, Social Justice, and Faith: Humanitarian Action on the U.S.-Mexico Border

AbstractThis article examines how notions of solidarity, social justice, and faith guide humanitarian work at the U.S.-Mexico border. Based on interviews and participant observation in three regions, it examines the narratives of lay and religious actors serving migrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers, to understand the moral and political resonance of their work in the context of border surveillance, migrant detentions, and mass deportation. Different notions of solidarity and justice jostle one another, espousing political and structural dimensions, whilst faith inspires the conviction that change can be enacted. A radical message for social action is, notably, fuelled by anger and courage, and used to confront pain and fear in the humanitarian and political sphere. This article contributes to a better understanding of how notions of human dignity, justice, and advocacy are articulated by humanitarian actors at the border, a site of striking civic and faith-based resistance to the criminalization of refugee and undocumented communities.

Human Dignity as an Existentiale? On Paul Ricoeur’s Phenomenology of Human Dignity

Apart from being a pervasive concept of present-day law, human dignity is a phenomenon regularly experienced by people in their lives. Yet before any protection for it can be advanced, it is imperative that an explanation of how human dignity is at all possible be established, including a description of its constitutive figures. Paul Ricoeur made a significant contribution to the lacking phenomenology of human dignity. Despite only rarely using the term dignity directly, he identified and described its three constitutive and interdependent figures—self-esteem, self-respect, and recognition—and embedded them amongst such notions as self, identity, narrative, passivity, bodiliness, fragility, morality, and law. He activated the phenomenological, existentialist, and hermeneutic legacies in understanding human dignity and succeeded in modifying certain sharp-edged structures that have periodically been associated with the notion of human dignity. In this paper I argue that human dignity is a high-ranking topic in Ricoeur’s writings, identify and synthesize the phenomenology of human dignity scattered throughout his works, and reveal the profound existential aspects he attributed to it. Finally, I discuss and evaluate his phenomenological-existentialistic account of human dignity, particularly taking into consideration the contemporary use of human dignity in law and its associated discourses.

O princípio da dignidade humana e suas projeções no âmbito laboral: possibilidades e limites

O objetivo do presente estudo é analisar a dignidade da pessoa humana de acordo com suas projeções no mundo do trabalho. Para tanto, será abordada a noção de dignidade da pessoa humana no campo jurídico desde a sua positivação constitucional e seus efeitos nas relações entre capital e trabalho. Por fim, serão vistos os limites estruturais para a incidência da dignidade humana nas relações de trabalho. O método utilizado para a pesquisa é o indutivo. Conclui-se que a dignidade humana indica várias limitações salutares ao cidadão trabalhador.

The significance of human dignity for social movements: mass mobilisation in Ukraine

ABSTRACT Drawing on data from in-depth interviews with participants in the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine, this article argues that the notion of human dignity is critical to mass mobilisation at different phases of anti-government protests. At the start of mass protests, the affirmation of human dignity can serve as a powerful motivation for protest participation. With the growing number of protesters, the notion of human dignity provides a key criterion for the construction of collective identity of protesters and their opponents. Furthermore, dignity might be viewed as a guiding principle for a common vision of an ideal society.

Toward a Confucian Notion of Human Dignity

Toward a Confucian Notion of Human Dignity

Dignity and the Process of Social Innovation: Lessons from Social Entrepreneurship and Transformative Services for Humanistic Management

In this paper we advance inquiry into human dignity in relation to the theory and practice of social entrepreneurship and innovation in a two-fold manner. First, we explore how concepts from the literatures of human dignity and humanistic management can inform and enrich social entrepreneurship and innovation. Second, we examine case studies of social entrepreneurship and innovation to refine how we think about and operationalize notions of human dignity. In this way, we connect human dignity research more closely to alternative life-conducive forms of organizing. Our goals are to advance an understanding of human dignity and to make this concept more accessible and relevant in business and management, as well as to explore how the practice of social entrepreneurship and innovation can both enrich and be enriched by the notion of human dignity. Third, we draw on the emerging literature of humanistic management to generate a classification system in the context of social innovation that specifies how organizing can contribute to dignity restoration, dignity protection, and dignity promotion. We elaborate and showcase paradigmatic cases, probe the limits of these cases for future research, and consider how to extend this dignity organizing model to other modes of business practice, such as the notion of value creation. Fourth, we outline an emerging research agenda for those interested in connecting innovation and organizing practices writ large with the notion of human dignity.

Adam Smith and Catholic Social Teaching

The connections between Adam Smith and Catholic Social Teaching (CST) raise several questions. The principle of subsidiarity adopted in CST, according to which higher associations should not replace subordinate organizations on what the latter can do, seems to be in line with the idea that governmental intervention in the market sphere should be restricted to the minimum required, in line with what is typically seen as Smith’s view. But the principle of the common good would also recommend intervention from political authorities in order to ensure that the common good is achieved. Here I shall argue that this question must be addressed taking into account another principle of CST, the principle of solidarity, and also the basic principle of CST, regarding human dignity. To do so, it is necessary to understand how the various principles of CST spring from the notion of imago Dei in CST, which is behind the notion of human dignity. This leads to a relational conception of human beings which can be fruitfully articulated with Smith’s moral philosophy and political economy.

La dignidad humana como límite al ius puniendi. La jurisprudencia del tribunal constitucional de Chile

En este artículo se expone la jurisprudencia del Tribunal Constitucional de Chile en materia de dignidad humana con valor fundamental del orden constitucional chileno, y la manera como lo instituye con un límite al ius puniendi estatal. Se exponen textos doctrinales, tanto nacionales como extranjeros, en torno a la noción de dignidad humana y su forma de incorporación en los ordenamientos constitucionales, específicamente en la Constitución chilena. Del mismo modo, se analiza la jurisprudencia del Tribunal, para indagar la idea de dignidad humana que posee, y la manera y los alcances en su aplicación. El Tribunal considera la dignidad humana como una condición intrínseca del ser humano, de la cual se colige un deber de respeto y de consideración, principalmente del Estado. La circunstancia del reconocimiento constitucional de la dignidad lleva a estimarla como la base del orden político y social en el contexto de un Estado democrático de derecho, de lo cual se derivan y concretan en el orden del derecho punitivo una serie de principios, como la presunción de inocencia, el principio non bis in idem, el principio de culpabilidad y el de proporcionalidad de las penas, los cuales necesariamente limitan el derecho penal subjetivo del Estado.

ПРАВА ЧЕЛОВЕКА КАК ФИЛОСОФСКИЙ КОНЦЕПТ С ПОЗИЦИИ ПРЕДСТАВИТЕЛЕЙ ЮСНАТУРАЛИЗМА

The article analyses human rights as a historical institution and a philosophical and legal concept, which can be found in the reflections of natural law (ius naturale) school representatives. The development of the human rights idea associated with the notion of human dignity, and its realisation as a set of legal rights are tracked. The authors consistently prove that the doctrine of natural human rights is institutionalised in political and legal documents as an attempt to find a correlation between the values of freedom and social justice.

Human dignity and the logic of the gift

This paper seeks to bring together the notions of human dignity and gift exchange in a mutually enriching relation. Two interpretations of the gift and of gift exchange are investigated, and in each case brought to bear on the understanding of human dignity. To start, dignity understood as the gift of uniqueness in relation is considered, followed by a consideration of dignity as the gift of absolute responsibility. The conclusion reached at the end of the paper is that an understanding of human dignity in terms of gift exchange will allow for the irreducibly social aspects inherent in the notion to be appreciated complementary to the more objective, factual and individual elements usually associated with human rights. The paper argues for a plurivocal interpretation of dignity as gift that allows for both the relational and the absolute elements gathered together in this conception to be appreciated.

The Legal Development of the Notion of Human Dignity in the Constitutional Jurisprudence

ABSTRACT : The present paper, based on a comparative method, aims to analyze the dimension given by the constitutional courts of the United States of America, Germany, South Africa, Israel, France, Canada and Brazil, as well as in the regional systems of protection of Human Rights With respect to the concept and extension of the principle of the dignity of the human person, establishing approximations and critical analyzes on philosophical aspects that permeate its birth and its cultural, individual and jurisprudential assimilations. Finally, it is concluded that while dignity-based reputation is a universal virtue, its content largely depends on the social, religious, and traditional values of certain communities. KEYWORDS : Dignity. Judicial Interpretation. Concept. RESUMO : O presente artigo cientifico, partindo de metodo comparado, objetiva analisar a dimensao dada pelas cortes constitucionais dos Estados Unidos da America, Alemanha, Africa do Sul, Israel, Franca, Canada e Brasil, bem como nos sistemas regionais de tutela dos Direitos Humanos no que diz respeito ao conceito e a extensao do principio da dignidade da pessoa humana, estabelecendo aproximacoes e analises criticas sobre aspectos filosoficos que permeiam seu nascedouro e suas assimilacoes culturais, individuais e jurisprudenciais. Por fim, conclui-se que enquanto a reputacao baseada na dignidade for uma virtude universal, seu conteudo depende largamente de valores sociais, religiosos e tradicionais de certas comunidades. PALAVRAS-CHAVES: Dignidade. Interpretacao judicial. Conceito.

Eppur si muove!: nuevos caminos jurisprudenciales para la protección de los derechos sociales de los migrantes indocumentados en Europa

This work aims to analyze how the Court of Justice of the European Union has founded the protection of certain social rights of irregular migrants in the notions of human dignity and vulnerability. For that purpose, the paper addresses a comparative analysis of the European Court of Justice’s case law and the jurisprudence of other European human rights mechanisms: The European Court of Human Rights and the European Committee of Social Rights. The authors try to explore, in this sense, if it is possible to talk about a judicial dialogue aiming to the establishment of a minimum standard of socio-economic rights of irregular migrants in Europe and how the European Court of Justice’s case-law has contributed to it. Finally, the paper evaluates if we can talk about a vertical judicial dialogue in this regard. In particular, it examines how the Constitutional Court of certain Member States, in particular the Spanish Constitutional Court, have contributed to this debate and if their case law meets the international human rights law standards.

The Biopolitics of Dignity

My essay traces the genealogy of the notion of human dignity in modern French law. My goal is to explain how and why dignity has come to be associated with national belonging and public order, as evidenced by the 2010 law banning “face coverings” in public spaces or by the recent pleas to revive “national indignity” after the attacks on the offices of Charlie Hebdo. I argue that the definition of dignity circulating in French law since the 1990s is a corporatist one. Rather than promote abstract individual freedom, human rights, and democratic inclusion, this understanding of dignity (theoretically much closer to that of political Catholicism and personalism than to the Kantian or liberal understanding of dignity seen in American law) insists on the obligations that the individual has toward the community, toward the social, and, in its most recent formulations, toward France. I propose that human dignity in the French context be considered less as a value intrinsic to a person than as a project of biopolitical rule.

Human Dignity in European Legal Culture -- The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina

This article provides an overview of the status of the notion of human dignity in the legal, i.e. constitutional system of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the relevant legal acts and case law of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina which recognized human dignity in individual cases of violations of human rights and freedoms. Also, the social context is provided within which the concept of human dignity had been made positive law in the legal system, i.e. the context of the post-conflict, divided, post-socialist and transitional society such as is one of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A Human Rights and Ethical Lens on Security and Human Dignity: The Case Study of Syrian Asylum Seekers

The article tackles the plural and evolving concepts of security by ana-lysing their relation to human rights and ethics. Although the general impression is that seldom the security discourse is associated with the respect of human rights and ethics, at least from a theoretical point of view security is indeed intertwined with those normative features (first thesis). Moreover, ethics and human rights can be valuably and usefully employed to clarify issues related to security and eventually to suggest improvements in the political management of security issues (second thesis). We argue our theses by focusing on a case study of particular relevance to the present day debate on security: the Syrian asylum seekers headed to Europe. In our ethical and human rights enquiry into this case study we consider multiple as-pects related to security (‘de jure’ or normative, ‘de facto’ and perceptive-societal) and the interpretative lens provided by ethics and human rights sheds light on the crucial and manifold centrality played by the notion of human dignity.