Social Thought and Rival Claims to the Moral Ideal of Dignity
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Social Thought and Rival Claims to the Moral Ideal of Dignity

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Social Thought and Rival Claims to the Moral Ideal of Dignity

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The relation between changes in society over historical time and the concomitant transformation of a concept that depicts something of intrinsic value in that society is complex and contingent. Social Thought and Rival Claims to the Moral Ideal of Dignity attempts to see if we can get any closer to a rounded, three-dimensional view of dignity by drawing on the historical record, on philosophy and social thought more widely and, finally, on contributions that present dignity in a rather more public and political light. In thus tracing the fortunes of human dignity we find that it has not always been viewed as a straightforwardly laudable principle. Social Thought and Rival Claims to the Moral Ideal of Dignity examines the reasons behind what turns out to be, really quite pronounced, the ambiguous status of the idea and ideal of dignity.

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Information

Publisher
Anthem Press
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781783087846
eBook ISBN
9781783087860
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Theory
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface and Note on Text Structure
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Chapter One Introduction: The Distinction Of Dignity
  9. Chapter Two Dignity, Freedom and Reason: From Ancient Greece to Early Modernity
  10. Chapter Three The Sense of Dignity in Moral Philosophy: From the Ethical Intuitionists to the Irrationalists
  11. Chapter Four Marx’s Critique of Morality: Natural Law, the State and Citizenship
  12. Chapter Five Classical Sociology’s Regard for Human Dignity
  13. Chapter Six The Human Face of Dignity Reflected in Phenomenology and Existentialism
  14. Chapter Seven A Fresh Term for Dignity: Attending the Frankfurt School (Both ‘Old’ and ‘Young’)
  15. Chapter Eight Notes Sampling Research and Practice: Making Dignity Work; Making Dignity Care
  16. Chapter Nine The Slighting of Dignity: The Critic’s Charter
  17. Chapter Ten Conclusion: After the Recognition of Dignity
  18. Notes
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index