The nature of dignity
"The Nature of Dignity is an interdisciplinary work of philosophy that focuses primarily on the form of dignity (or nobility of demeanor) that individuals exhibit to varying degrees, rather than the form of dignity that we tend to presume we already possess simply by virtue of being human. Ron Bontekoe contends that the Enlightenment assumptions that have traditionally been appealed to in elucidating our conceptions of human dignity are no longer tenable because of the theory of evolution and dominant strains in modern political-economic theory. Nonetheless, he argues that dignity is a value to which we should remain committed, and offers a new set of conceptual underpinnings to replace the Enlightenment assumptiosn of Kant, Locke, and others on the subject."--BOOK JACKET
vii, 315 pages ; 24 cm
9780739124079, 9780739124086, 0739124072, 0739124080
180989501
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