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Perspectives on Human Dignity: A Conversation

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Jeff Malpas

    1. University of Tasmania, Australia

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  2. Norelle Lickiss

    1. University of Tasmania and University of Sydney, Australia

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  • Only volume that takes up the breadth of issues concerning the idea of human dignity
  • Offers a multi-disciplinary approach encompassing law, philosophy, history, medicine and the arts
  • Includes essays by leading Australian and international figures from a range of fields
  • Offers a range of viewpoints, is written in a way that will be accessible to a wide readership, and provides an important resource for thinking about this topic

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Human Dignity in Context

    1. The Social Origins of Dignity in Medical Care at the End of Life

      • Nicholas Christakis
      Pages 199-207

    2. Dying with Dignity: The Story Reveals Its Meaning

      • Jack Coulehan
      Pages 209-223

  2. Back Matter

    Pages 225-239
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The Honourable William Cox AC RFD ED, Governor of Tasmania The issue of human dignity was given a new impetus at the end of the Second World War as a reaction to the horrors of the Jewish holocaust and other Nazi atrocities. The immediate consequence was its recognition in such international documents as the Charter of the United Nations (1945) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). Several new national constitutions likewise gave it recognition. Though undefined, it was seen as a supreme value possessed by all human beings and one giving rise to rights and obligations in and upon them. In recent decades the existence of these rights has led to acceptance of procedures whereby they may be enforced, and to the overthrow of such doctrines constraining them as that of Sovereign Immunity. In domestic law, too, there have been ramifications, while advances in medical science have raised ethical issues in respect of genetics, human cloning, and the termination or officious prolongation of life. It was timely then that consideration should be given to human dignity by a wide range of researchers and practitioners in disciplines such as law, philosophy, history, political science, medicine, the arts, and theology at the Colloquium in Hobart in 2004 organized by the editors of this volume.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Tasmania, Australia

    Jeff Malpas

  • University of Tasmania and University of Sydney, Australia

    Norelle Lickiss

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