What is human dignity?
Kant is the source of a kind of humanitarianism that reduces dignity to personal autonomy
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It would be difficult to find a civilized person who would not want to uphold human dignity. Yet the definitions we use to frame our discussion also shapes the conclusions we reach.
Here is a fine essay from the recently deceased Peter Augustine Lawler on why we might question appeals to autonomous human dignity.
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