Human_Dignity_power_point_presentation_i.ppt

values ppt

1. Antonio Pele
Human Rights: Theory & History
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
2010-11

2. “Whereas recognition of the inherent
dignity and of the equal and inalienable
rights of all members of the human family
is the foundation of freedom, justice and
peace in the world” (Preamble)

3. “All human beings are born free and
equal in dignity and rights. They are
endowed with reason and conscience
and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood” (Art.1)
“Conscience” : “Liang Xin” (Chang
Pengchun)

4. CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION
“Conscious of its spiritual and moral
heritage, the Union is founded on the
indivisible, universal values of human
dignity, freedom, equality and solidarity
(…)” (Preamble)

5. Chapter I. “Dignity”
Art. 1: “Human dignity is inviolable. It
must be respected and protected”

6. “Human dignity shall be inviolable. To
respect and protect it shall be the duty
of all state authority” (art. 1.1)

7. “The dignity of the person, the
inviolable rights which are inherent, the
free development of the personality,
the respect for the law and for the
rights of others are the foundation of
political order and social peace” (art.
10.1)

8. Definition of Human
Dignity
“Intrinsic and Absolute value of All
Human Beings”

9. Renaissance / Humanism: “Dignitas
hominis” v. “miseria hominis”

10. “Oration on the Dignity
of Man” (1486)

11. Discourse of human
dignity

12. Critics
Ambiguous
Anthropocentric
Ethnocentric
Useless

13. Ambiguous

14. Antropocentric
Deny Dignity to Animals
Peter Singer’s interview – “Animal
Liberation”

15. Ethnocentric
Expanding Circles (Peter Singer)
Conference of S. Pinker: The Myth of
Violence

16. Useless
Ethical issues: euthanasia, cloning,
biotechnologies, torture, etc.
Use other concepts instead: autonomy,
integrity, respect

17. Human condition…

18. Human dignity &
Philosophy: A framework

19. Know yourself (1)
Self-knowledge (gnothi sauton / nosce
te ipsum) – The Matrix
M. Foucault, The Hermeneutics of the
Subject
“Care of the Self”

21. Sapere Aude (2)
“Enlightenment is Man’s emergence from self-
imposed tutelage, that is to say, from the inability
to use the intellect without guidance by another. It
is self-imposed if its cause does not lie in a
deficiency of the intellect but of the courage and
determination to use it autonomously. Sapere
aude! Have the courage to think! is therefore the
motto of the Enlightenment”


23. Carpe Diem (3)
“Gather the rosebuds while your may,
Old time is still flying,
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying” (Robert Harrick)
“Seize the Day” : The Dead Poets’ Society

25. Citizen of the World (4)
Cosmopolitanism & Rejection of social norms
Equality
Justice : “I am human, and every human affair
is my concern” (Terentius)

27. “Homo Homini Sacra Res”
“Man is Sacred Thing for Man” Seneca
Reaction against human degradation
Claim
Legal metaphor

28. Human dignity &
Philosophy: A framework