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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Problem and Method
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Front Matter
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Indirect Importance
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Back Matter
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About this book
Is membership of our species important in itself, or is it just important to have the properties that a normal grown-up human being has? A value subjectivist may argue for a special human value proceeding from the assumption that most of us believe or sense that being human is something important per se and independently of, for instance, those properties that form the basis of personhood. This allows all human beings to have a share in this value. Other attempts to defend a principle of human dignity fail in this respect and are criticized in this book. The book is intended for philosophers with a general interest in moral philosophy or ethics, and more specifically axiological, animal and medical ethics.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dimensions of Dignity
Book Subtitle: The Moral Importance of Being Human
Authors: Dan Egonsson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4974-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1998
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5068-2Published: 30 June 1998
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6088-2Published: 04 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4974-7Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 256