Editors:
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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Front Matter
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Conceptions and Theories
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Front Matter
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Practices of Violating Human Dignity
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Front Matter
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Conclusions for a Positive Account of Human Dignity
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Front Matter
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Ethik-Zentrum, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Paulus Kaufmann
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SFB Kulturen des Performativen, FU Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Hannes Kuch
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Philosophische Fak., Inst. Philosophie, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Christian Neuhaeuser
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Law School, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Elaine Webster
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