ISBN:
9781589019690
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 219 S.
,
21 cm
Uniform Title:
Die Sakralität der Person 〈engl.〉
DDC:
323.09
Keywords:
Human rights History
;
Human rights Religious aspects
;
Menschenrecht
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Introduction -- The charisma of reason -- The genesis of human rights -- Punishment and respect -- The sacralization of the person and the forces threatening it -- Violence and human dignity -- How experiences become rights -- Neither Kant nor Nietzsche -- What is affirmative genealogy? -- Soul and gift -- The human being as image and child of god -- Value generalization -- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the plurality of cultures
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- The charisma of reason -- The genesis of human rights -- Punishment and respect -- The sacralization of the person and the forces threatening it -- Violence and human dignity -- How experiences become rights -- Neither Kant nor Nietzsche -- What is affirmative genealogy? -- Soul and gift -- The human being as image and child of god -- Value generalization -- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the plurality of cultures.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. 195 - 213
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
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