Humanity without Dignity : Moral Equality, Respect, and Human Rights / Andrea Sangiovanni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sangiovanni, Andrea, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--Philosophy.

Equality.

Human rights--Philosophy.

Human rights.

Dignity--Philosophy.

Dignity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Why are all persons due equal respect? Andrea Sangiovanni rejects the view that human dignity is grounded in our capacities for reason, love, etc. Rather than focus on the basis for equality, we should focus on inequality: Why and when is it wrong to treat others as inferior? Moral equality, he writes, is best explained by a rejection of cruelty.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Introduction

PART I. FOUNDATIONS

1. Against Dignity

2. Moral Equality, Respect, and Cruelty

3. When and Why Is Discrimination Wrong?

PART II. HUMAN RIGHTS

4. The Concept of Human Rights: The Broad View

5. International Legal Human Rights and Equal Moral Status

6. Fundamental Rights, Indivisibility, and Hierarchy among Human Rights

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 13. Sep 2017)

ISBN:

9780674977426

0674977424

9780674977440

0674977440

OCLC:

984686876