Films about human dignity

Michael Cook | 05 July 2009

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

How to treat an unfaithful husband

Charles Sendegeya | 27 June 2009 | comment 49

Jenny Sanford is willing to forgive her husband and welcome him back - in time. Is that enough?

The unfinished emancipation

Chinwuba Iyizoba | 19 June 2009 | comment 10

Thousands of young women have been enslaved in Europe and the US because of permissive Western attitudes. 

The private world of child abuse

Carolyn Moynihan | 12 June 2009 | comment 17

The abusive institutions have closed but adults are still trampling all over the rights of children.

What can Arnold teach us?

John Robson | 06 June 2009 | comment 2

School inspector and the pioneer of literary criticism Matthew Arnold would have much to say about today's coarse public debate.

An oath to be ethical

Alejo José G. Sison | 05 June 2009 | comment 2

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

Tiananmen: the legacy of 1989

Li Datang | 05 June 2009 | comment 2

The violent suppression of dissent in Beijing on 4 June 1989 had deep roots and still casts a long shadow.

Gen Y’s long day at the office

Pamela Golamco | 04 June 2009 | comment 1

If graduates are being worked to death by greedy employers, do they need to take a look at their priorities?

Holding up a mirror to perversity

Barbara Kay | 28 May 2009 | comment 17

Francis Bacon represents an art world bent on showing the human body in its most degraded form.

What can economists tell us about happiness?

Alejo José G. Sison | 27 May 2009 | comment 2

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

The dignity of the body

Brigitte Pellerin | 26 May 2009

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

How could they be so greedy?

Joanna Bogle | 12 May 2009 | comment 4

The determination of British MPs to feather their nests may bring down the government.

Torture: do ends justify means?

G. Tracy Mehan III | 09 May 2009 | comment 19

Former Vice-President Dick Cheney says that torture saved American lives. Is that a good enough reason for authorising it?

Brave heart, flawed man

Carolyn Moynihan | 09 May 2009 | comment 58

Not only the demon drink but his love affair with violence has marred Mel Gibson and his work.

The lady is not for decoration

Sheila Liaugminas | 05 May 2009 | comment 14

America's leading Catholic woman declines to 'balance' Notre Dame's decision to honour a pro-abortion president.

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