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Showing 1 to 20 of 136 for “"human dignity"”.
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Chinese translations of human dignity
… the emergence of various Chinese translations of human dignity. I argue that there are significant differences between them, and that an understanding of their different meanings is important, not least because it helps us to appreciate how the Chinese approach human dignity under the influence of …
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Jackson, Mississippi, Contested: The Allied Struggle for Civil Rights and Human Dignity
<p>Utilizing monthly reports and correspondence of civil rights organizations, in addition to newspaper coverage, oral histories; and memoirs, this study shows that a grassroots, community-driven movement mobilized in Mississippi's capital to challenge institutionalized discrimination. Yet, racial …
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Jackson, Mississippi, Contested: The Allied Struggle for Civil Rights and Human Dignity
<p>Utilizing monthly reports and correspondence of civil rights organizations, in addition to newspaper coverage, oral histories, and memoirs, this study shows that a grassroots, community-driven movement mobilized in Mississippi’s capital to challenge institutionalized discrimination. Yet, racial …
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Altruism, Autonomy, and Human Dignity for the Sustainability of Post-Mortal Organ Donation
… problematic issues at individual, social, and humanity levels. Cadaveric organ donation faces the obstacles of the criteria of death, which vary from cultural to medical perspectives, and the effective means to attract the public. Currently, presumed consent policies operating in Spain, …
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Human dignity and intellectual disability: Thinking with Beauvoir over the influence of the Kantian view
… of the intimate connection between personhood, dignity, and autonomy” (Kittay and Carlson 2010, 4). In this thesis, I consider how the Kantian view of morality influenced the creation of a framework for our concepts and treatment of human dignity which contributes to the discrimination of people …
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The constitutional court's use of human dignity in the interpretation of the South African Bill of Rights: selected cases
The Constitutional Court often relies on human dignity in the interpretation of Bill of Rights. Human dignity is a constitutional value enshrined in section 1, section 10, section 36 and section 39 of the Constitution. It is a founding value of the constitution of South Africa. As a foundational …
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Restoring human dignity and building self-reliance : youth, woman, and churches and Black consciousness community development, South Africa, 1969-1977
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of History, 2010
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Ethics in advertising and marketing in the Dominican Republic: interrogating universal principles of truth, human dignity, and corporate social responsibility
… with the universal principles of truth, human dignity and social responsibility. A multi- methods research strategy was utilized. In this qualitative inquiry, data were gathered and triangulated using participant observation and in-depth, semi-structured interviews, supplemented by the …
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The challenges of sentencing offenders under a dual legal system : does the value of human dignity inform judicial punishment in Botswana
The recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of teh human family is teh foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.
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The Post-WWII American Picaro as Prophet of Human Dignity: A Study of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, Flannery O’Connor’s The Violent Bear It Away, and Saul Bellow’s Henderson the Rain King
… for their explorations of the question of human dignity. As Mark Grief shows in his<em> Age of the Crisis of Man: Thought and Fiction in America, 1933-1973</em>, the central question of this era was about fundamental anthropology: “What is man, and how can we recover him?” Ralph Ellison, …
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Human Development in Populorum Progressio: Challenging Uganda's Development Claims
… the people, using Paul VI's notion of integral human development in Populorum Progressio and the requisite development principles, virtues and conditions or factors presented therein. In the study I have argued that the development claims of Uganda do not, to a significant degree, meet the …
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The depiction of Homelessness in K. Sello Duiker's Thirteen Cents and Phaswane MPE's Welcome to Our Hillbrow
… effects impact on the characters’ identity and human dignity, as some of the themes which the two authors deal with. I achieve this through a close analysis of themes, characterisation and style as well as a demonstration of how the metaphor of the plight of the homeless is drawn from the …
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The Jurisprudence of Nelson Mandela: A Testament to Dignity
… Mandela’s jurisprudence reflects a testament to dignity. Specifically, I argue that Mandela’s worldview can illuminatingly be translated into a Kantian-like discourse on human dignity, a discourse that reveals a Dworkinian-like jurisprudential orientation centred around three interconnected legal …
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Genomic Justice: The Distribution of Human Flourishing
… inheritance, which have consequences for human dignity and public interest. Genes and genetic material (DNA strands of nucleotides, genetically altered plants and animals e.g., see Appendix B) are patentable. In the US and around the globe, governments grant genetic patents for new, …
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The foundation of human rights according to Roman Catholic Church natural law in comparison with the UN Declaration of Human Rights and the African Charter
… research paper is to explore the foundation of human rights according to the Social Teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, the UN Declaration of human rights and the African Charter. However, the African Charter reflects the carbon copy of the UN Declaration and they both demonstrate that the …
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The Right to Health as a Claim on Dignity: Implications for State Accountability in Nigeria
This thesis argues that dignity is central to the realisation of the right to health in Nigeria and shapes the relationship of the Nigerian State with its people. The thesis posits that a contextual understanding of the nature of human dignity in Nigeria is predicated on a social compact where …
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Toward a richer account of human rights in Christian moral theory : from Wolterstorff and Hauerwas to Wojtyla.
The role of human rights is disputed in Christian moral theory. When human rights are discussed, it is common to find that a problematic understanding of the human agent is assumed in those discussions, one that understands the agent motivated strictly by belief and accompanying desires. This …
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