1B, HUMAN RIGHTS, DELA CRUZ, PINKY ROSE E.

Construct a matrix with the following columns

1) approx date, 2) philosopher/writer, 3) gist of his/her

contribution, 4) how did he express directly or indirectly the
idea of an inherent human dignity, worth, value that
requires an unconditional respect and protection by the
state and others.
0

approx date philosopher/writer gist of his/her How did he

contribution express
directly or
indirectly the
idea of an
inherent
human
dignity, worth,
value that
requires an
unconditional
respect and
protection by
the state and
others.

January 24, Oliver Sensen Over the last

2011 60 years the
idea of human
dignity has
become
increasingly
prominent in
the political
discourse on
human rights.
In United
Nations
documents, for
instance,
human dignity
is currently
presented as
the justification
for human
rights. In this
paper I shall
argue that the
contemporary
way in which
human dignity
is thought to
ground human
rights is very
different from
the way human
dignity has
been
understood
traditionally.
My aim is to
contrast the
contemporary
paradigm of
dignity to a
different one
that has been
prominent
historically
from Cicero
onwards. My
conclusion is
that if one
wants to use
the
contemporary
conception of
dignity, one
cannot refer to
the history of
philosophy for
support of this
conception,
and if one
wants to use
this history in
support, one
would have to
employ a
different
conception of
dignity that
uses a different
pattern of
thought.