Overview
- The first volume on violations of human dignity in English language.
- The relation of specific forms of violations of human dignity, e.g. humiliation, degradation etc., as well as concrete practices are discussed.
- The book contains conceptual papers as well as studies of particular cases and tries to solve theoretical questions by studying concrete problems.
- The approach is interdisciplinary and joins philosophers and lawyers working on human dignity.
Part of the book series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy (LOET, volume 24)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Conceptions and Theories
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Practices of Violating Human Dignity
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Conclusions for a Positive Account of Human Dignity
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Humiliation, Degradation, Dehumanization
Book Subtitle: Human Dignity Violated
Editors: Paulus Kaufmann, Hannes Kuch, Christian Neuhaeuser, Elaine Webster
Series Title: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9661-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-9660-9Published: 24 October 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3384-8Published: 01 December 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-9661-6Published: 07 October 2010
Series ISSN: 1387-6678
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0323
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 266
Topics: Ethics, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History