MATERIALS TOWARD AN INDO-WESTERN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
Person signifies what is noblest in the whole of nature.' (St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologial. I, 29, 2)It is usually through a reference to Kant that the notion of dignity of the human person is defined. In Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, (p. 429 of the critical edition) he writes:R...
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Dharmaram College
1996
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Journal of Dharma
Year: 1996, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-46 |
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| Summary: | Person signifies what is noblest in the whole of nature.' (St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologial. I, 29, 2)It is usually through a reference to Kant that the notion of dignity of the human person is defined. In Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, (p. 429 of the critical edition) he writes:Rational nature exists as an end in itself....The practical imperativewill thus be as follows: Soact as to treat humanity, whether in your own person or in that of any other, always at the same time as an end and never merely as a means. |
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| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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