Human Dignity

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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.

Human rights doublespeak at the UN

Colleen Carroll Campbell | 04 April 2009 |

tags: human dignity

A group of Islamic countries has used "tolerance", "diversity" and "harmony" in an effort to ban criticism of Islam.

A life affirmed

Mary Hinton | 04 February 2009 |

tags: human dignity

Barack Obama’s election has awakened hopes in some black Americans that their existence will at last be officially recognized.

A life rich in significance

Francis Phillips | 27 January 2009 |

tags: human dignity

A father’s struggle to understand the point of his daughter’s short, totally dependent life.

The human dignity crisis in Gaza

Mary Robinson | 14 January 2009 |

tags: human dignity

Only the extremists are winning as a result of Israel's blitz on Hamas.

If doctors who won’t kill are ‘wicked,’ the world is sick

Licia Corbella | 13 January 2009 |

tags: human dignity

When doctors are called "wicked" for not killing patients, something is amiss.

Dignified arguments

Michael Cook | 27 June 2008 |

tags: human dignity

Has the world's leading science journal abandoned the ideal of human dignity?

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