Indivisibility and Hierarchy among Human Rights -- Notes -- References -- Index

Human dignity: social movements invoke it, several national constitutions enshrine it, and it features prominently in international human rights documents. But

We often speak of the dignity owed to a person. And dignity is a word that regularly appears in political speeches. Charters are promulgated in its name, and ap

Dignity is seen, commonly, as an ethical obligation owed to human persons. The dimensions of this obligation are subject to wide discussion and defy universal a

In everything from philosophical ethics to legal argument to public activism, it has become commonplace to appeal to the idea of human dignity. In such contexts