The Concept of Human Dignity and the Interpersonal Relationship A Philosophical Investigation

By Roy Apurbo

worthiness' which a person distinctively entitles to be considered as a human being. The expression of human dignity as a value is used universally to characterize the worthiness of human beings as such. The respect for human dignity is inalienable for human beings and humanity in general. Human beings are considered to have dignity by virtue of being human - a rational, moral and social agent who has ‗autonomy' and ‗agency' as person qua person. As a value, dignity is on a par with other basic values, such as, truth, beauty, good, justice, benevolence, chastity, etc. and, as such, it is important to examine in what respect the concept of dignity is similar to or dissimilar from the other value concepts. I will consider the study of the concept of dignity in comparison with other value concepts. Before I proceed to discuss what the concept of human dignity is and how the concept of human dignity has been developed in the domain of philosophical and socio-political discourse, I shall focus on the concept of dignity itself. The concept of dignity as Aural Kolnai points out is similar in some respects to other value concepts in so far as response is concerned. When we experience something as beautiful, our response to it might be described as delight with a tinge of devotion, while when we experience morally right conduct or good character, the appropriate response is approval, i.e. an appreciation with an aspect of volitive approbation. Likewise, dignity evokes emphatic respect, a reverential mode of response, an upward- looking' type of pro-attitude, bowing gestures as it were. This suggests that there is an obvious overlapping between the different modalities of appreciative response.1 We have already pointed out, dignity is both similar to and dissimilar from other value categories in so far as response is concerned. In response to dignity, there is less emphasis on delight and satisfaction than there is in aesthetic appreciation,

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2986925758
• ISBN13: 9782986925751
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Nayyarshaikhyt
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
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