The Cambridge handbook of human dignity : interdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Marcus Düwell, Jens Braarvig, Roger Brownsword, and Dietmar Mieth ; assisted by Naomi van Steenbergen and Dascha Düring.

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

xxii, 608 pages ; 26 cm

Human dignity from a legal perspective / Roger Brownsword -- Human dignity: concept, discussions, philosophical perspectives / Marcus Düwell -- Meritocratic and civic dignity in Greco-Roman antiquity / Josiah Ober -- Human dignity in the Middle Ages (twelfth to fourteenth century) / Ruedi Imbach -- Human dignity in late-medieval spiritual and political conflicts / Dietmar Mieth -- Human dignity in Renaissance humanism / Piet Steenbakker -- The Council of Valladolid (1550-1551): a European disputation about the human dignity of indigenous peoples of the Americas / Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo -- Martin Luther's conception of human dignity / Oswald Bayer -- Natural rights versus human dignity: two conflicting traditions / Pauline C. Westerman -- Rousseau and human dignity / Theo Verbeek -- Human dignity and socialism / Georg Lohmann -- Human dignity in the Jewish tradition / Yair Lorberbaum.

The concepts of human dignity in moral philosophies of indigenous peoples of the Americas / Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo -- Human dignity in the Islamic world / Miklâos Marâoth -- Hinduism : the universal self in a class society / Jens Braarvig -- Buddhism: inner dignity and absolute altruism / Jens Braarvig -- Human dignity in traditional Chinese Confucianism / Luo An'Xian -- Dignity in traditional Chinese Daoism / Qiao Qing-Ju -- Social and cultural presuppositions for the use of the concept of human dignity / Gesa Lindemann -- Is human dignity the ground of human rights? / Govert Den Hartogh -- Human dignity: can a historical foundation alone suffice? From Joas' affirmative genealogy to Kierkegaard's leap of faith / Christoph Hübenthal -- Kantian perspectives on the rational basis of human dignity / Thomas E. Hill, Jr -- Kantian dignity: a critique / Samuel J. Kerstein -- Human dignity and human rights in Alan Gewirth's moral philosophy / Deryck Beyleveld -- Human dignity in the capability approach / Rutger Claassen -- Human dignity in Catholic thought / David Hollenbach, SJ -- Jacques Maritain's personalist conception of human dignity / Paul Valadier -- Scheler and human dignity / Zachary Davis.

Dignity and the other: dignity and the phenomenological tradition / Peter Atterton -- Dignity, fragility, singularity in Paul Ricoeur's ethics / Maureen Junker-Kenny -- Human dignity as universal nobility / Christian Neuhèauser and Ralf Stoecker -- Dignity in the Ubuntu tradition / Thaddeus Metz -- Posthuman dignity / Martin G. Weiss -- Dignity as the right to have rights: human dignity in Hannah Arendt / Christoph Menke -- Individual and collective dignity / Micha Werner -- Equal dignity in international human rights / Bas de Gaay Fortman -- Is human dignity a useless concept? Legal perspectives / Judge Christian Byk -- Human dignity in French law / Stâephanie Hennette-Vauchez -- Human dignity in German law / Horst Dreier -- Human dignity in US law / Carter Snead -- Human dignity in South American law / Claudia Lima and Lucas Lixinski -- Human dignity in South African law / Anton Fagan.

The Islamic world and the alternative declarations of human rights / Ann Elizabeth Mayer -- The protection of human dignity under Chinese law / Perry Keller -- Human dignity in Japanese law / Shigenori Matsui -- The place of dignity in the Indian constitution / Upendra Baxi -- Human dignity and war / Andreas Hasenclever -- Treatment of prisoners and torture / David Luban -- Human dignity and prostitution / Norbert Campagna -- Human dignity, immigration and refugees / Gèoran Collste -- Human dignity and social welfare / Klaus Steigleder -- Dignity and global justice / Thomas Pogge -- Human dignity and people with disabilities / Sigrid Graumann -- Human dignity as a concept for the economy / Elizabeth Anderson -- Human dignity and gender inequalities / Annika Thiem -- The rise and fall of freedom of online expression / Mathias Klang -- The threefold challenge of Darwinism to an ethics of human dignity / Christian Illies -- On the border of life and death: human dignity in bioethics / Marcus Dèuwell -- Human dignity and commodification in bioethics / Alastair V. Campbell -- Dignity only for humans? A controversy / Robert Heeger -- Dignity only for humans? On the dignity and inherent value of non-human beings / Peter Schaber -- Human dignity and future generations / Marcus Düwell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.