Human Dignity and Public Reason

The concept of human dignity is important for understanding discussions of rights, religion, and society in contemporary China. While the neoliberal idea of "public reason" abstracts human rights from cultural particularities and religious convictions to provide an idea of universal rights...

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Main Author: Lovin, Robin W. 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2019]
In: Political theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 20, Issue: 5, Pages: 437-445
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China / Human dignity / Human rights / Reason / Political philosophy / Neo-liberalism
IxTheo Classification:KBM Asia
NBE Anthropology
NCD Political ethics
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Dignity
B Toleration
B Virtue
B Confucianism
B Aristotelianism
B Neoliberalism
B Reason
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Summary:The concept of human dignity is important for understanding discussions of rights, religion, and society in contemporary China. While the neoliberal idea of "public reason" abstracts human rights from cultural particularities and religious convictions to provide an idea of universal rights, human dignity includes these social and cultural elements to provide an account of human rights in social context. Classical conceptions of political virtue, which can be found in both Chinese (Confucian) and Western (Aristotelian) traditions, provide a background for understanding human dignity and thus offer some guidance for this contemporary task.
Item Description:Das gedruckte Heft ist als Doppelheft erschienen: "Volume 20, numbers 5/6, August-September 2019"
ISSN:1743-1719
Contains:Enthalten in: Political theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2019.1632529