Dignity and the Foundation of Human Rights: Toward an Averroist Genealogy

The aim of this article is to give a new reconstruction of the conception of human dignity as a pre-associative yet legal status. Such a legal conception of human dignity carries a universal legal obligation to respect the "innate" right to independence and enables us to move beyond the im...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vatter, Miguel E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2020]
In: Politics and religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 304-332
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Averroism / Human dignity / Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804 / Human rights
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Volltext (doi)