Abstract
Hospitality is a human practice that enhances our human dignity. The modern approach to human dignity based our dignity on our rationality and did not pay attention to our body. But our comprehension of human dignity cannot avoid it, even if we show a vulnerable and dependent condition. We are embodied minds. There are different meanings of human dignity which include a reference to quality of life. This chapter accepts the challenge of explaining how hospitality is related to our dignity and how it makes us more human. To answer these questions, we describe Care Ethics and the domestic domain’s influence in our understanding of hospitality. Hospitality is a practice defined by a relationship between the host who gives and the guest who receives. Hospitality requires good workers who identify our needs with empathy. Hospitality belongs to the service sector, but it is not a synonym for service. There are different meanings of service: as a technical practice and as a virtue. Happiness is related to strong relationships and to different virtues that reveal our vulnerable and dependent condition: one of them is service.
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The pandemic has changed the meaning of this expression, since most human beings have come to experienced the possibility of working at home continuing our professional work. The concept of remote work refers more to the trending situation of working from home than working at home and for the home.
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Chirinos, M.P. (2022). Human Dignity and Hospitality: Meanings and Philosophical Roots. In: Ogunyemi, K., Ogunyemi, O., Okoye, E. (eds) Humanistic Perspectives in Hospitality and Tourism, Volume 1. Humanism in Business Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95671-4_9
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