Human Dignity

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Plastinated people

Michael Cook | 07 April 2010 |

tags: human dignity

Is it offensive to human dignity to display naked corpses posed like shop-window mannequins?

Suffering with dignity

Margaret Somerville | 22 January 2010 |

tags: death, euthanasia, human dignity

We must find meaning in dying, to make it the last great act of living.

The downside of risk reduction

Matthew Hanley | 22 January 2010 |

tags: harm reduction, human dignity, sti's

Containing the STD epidemic by harm reduction robs people of hope that they can change their lives.

The puzzle of human dignity

Margaret Somerville | 26 November 2009 |

tags: euthanasia, human dignity

Both sides of the euthanasia debate claim to be advancing the cause of human dignity. Whom should we believe?

Death panel dudgeon

Michael Cook | 26 October 2009 |

tags: death panels, human dignity

A very public disagreement between two prominent American bioethicists shows that they have only themselves to blame for attacks on their profession.

Chimps R’nt Us

Richard Umbers | 06 October 2009 |

tags: animals, human dignity

If the chimpanzee genome is 98.6% human, does that mean that chimps deserve 98.6% of human rights?

The guru of philanthropy

Michael Cook | 04 September 2009 |

tags: human dignity, Peter Singer, philanthropy, poverty

Peter Singer's latest cause is lifting billions out of poverty.

A world of dignity

Sergio Vieira de Mello | 24 August 2009 |

tags: Brazil, human dignity, human rights, United Nations

The late Sergio Vieira de Mello, a UN special representative in Iraq, believed that while civilisation is plural, human dignity is indivisible.

Justifying one’s existence

Barbara Kay | 28 July 2009 |

tags: abortion, Canada, euthanasia, human dignity

Choosing to live out one’s natural life will soon be as unpopular as refusing an abortion.

Films about human dignity

Michael Cook | 04 July 2009 |

tags: best of, human dignity

Here's a selection of some great films about human dignity. Help us to add more -- comments, please! 

Our public intellectual A-list

Michael Cook | 06 June 2009 |

tags: human dignity

Our nominations for top public intellectuals who support human dignity. Comments please!

An oath to be ethical

Alejo Jose G. Sison | 05 June 2009 |

tags: human dignity

Some business graduates are leaving Harvard clutching a pledge card. But what difference will it make?

What can economists tell us about happiness?

Alejo Jose G. Sison | 27 May 2009 |

tags: human dignity

Given the discoveries of modern "Happiness Studies", isthere any role left for virtue? Does ethics continue to have a say on happiness, or shouldit give up the turf to economics and psychology?

The dignity of the body

Brigitte Pellerin | 26 May 2009 |

tags: human dignity

Exercising the body brings dignity, not shame. Saudi clerics have it all wrong.

100 Days: Human dignity still above his pay grade

Carolyn Moynihan | 01 May 2009 |

tags: human dignity

Abortion, conscientious objection, stem cell research and torture were tests of the the new president’s commitment to human dignity. He failed in three.

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