Concilium 2003/2: The Discourse of Human Dignity

By Regina Ammicht Quinn

Introduction: For dignity / Regina Ammicht-Quinn, Maureen Junker-Kenny, Elsa Tamez -- Dignity in political and bioethical debates / Patrick Verspieren -- The unrepeatable changes in the cultural concept of dignity / Oskar Negt -- Whose dignity is inviolable?: human beings, machines and the discourse of dignity / Regina Ammicht-Quinn -- The person who lacks dignity / Paul Valadier -- Does dignity need a theological foundation? / Maureen Junker-Kenny -- Dignity and liberation: a theological and political perspective / Juan José Tamayo-Acosta -- Constructing the human: dignity in interreligious dialogue / Linda Hogan, John D'Arcy May -- Dignity: its denial and recognition in a specific context of liberation / Enrique Dussel -- Disability, equal dignity and care / Eva Kittay -- 'In the name of dignity': arguments for and against voluntary euthanasia / Leocir Pessini -- Commentary / Maureen Junker-Kenny -- The editing of dignity: some afterthoughts / Regina Ammicht-Quinn, Maureen Junker-Kenny, Elsa Tamez -- Documentation: Giving a say to those without a voice: African women stand upright / M. Bernadette Mbuy Beya.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0334030730
• ISBN13: 9780334030737
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: SCM Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"