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The Nature of Dignity

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The Nature of Dignity is a highly interdisciplinary work of philosophy that focuses primarily on the form of dignity (or nobility of demeanor) that individuals exhibit to varying degrees, rather than the form of dignity that we tend to presume we always already possess simply by virtue of being human. The book contends that the Enlightenment assumptions that have traditionally been appealed to in elucidating our conceptions of human dignity are no longer tenable_most importantly because of what we know about evolutionary biology, but also in light of certain dominant strains in modern political-economic theory. The book argues that, nonetheless, dignity is a value to which we should remain committed, and offers a new set of conceptual underpinnings with which to replace the no longer tenable Enlightenment assumptions of Kant, Locke, and others on this subject.

Author Biography:

Ron Bontekoe is professor of philosophy at the University of Hawaii.
Release date Australia
March 16th, 2010
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Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Pages
324
Dimensions
155x231x24
ISBN-13
9780739124086
Product ID
3909747

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