Foreword, Heiner Bielefeldt; Table of cases; Introduction, Barry W. Bussey; Part I Dignity as Foundation of Law; Chapter One ‘Acts Which Have Outraged the Conscience of Humankind’, Clint Curle; Chapter Two Abstract Language and Invisible Associations: The Necessity for Clear Language to Maintain Genuine Rights and Freedoms, Iain T. Benson; Chapter Three Human Dignity as an Explicit Constitutional Norm, Katya Kozicki and William Soares Pugliese; Chapter Four Discovering Dignity in Adjudication: The Jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Andrea Pin; Chapter Five The New Dignity Jurisprudence: A Critique, Angus J. L. Menuge; Chapter Six Against Group Dignity: Contemporary Human Rights Instruments and Their Attributions of Dignity to Groups, Dwight Newman, QC; Part II Religious Liberty and Human Dignity; Chapter Seven Religious Liberty and the Human Good, Robert P. George; Chapter Eight Human Dignity Found in Religious Community, Barry W. Bussey; Chapter Nine What ‘Rule of Law’ Programs Need in the Twenty-First Century, Dallas K. Miller; Chapter Ten Balancing Competing Dignity Claims: Insights from the United Kingdom and Italy, Matteo Frau and Vito Breda; Chapter Eleven Trinity Western University and the Future of Conservative Religious Education, Greg Walsh; Chapter Twelve Sacrifi cing Dignity to Protect Dignity: Human Dignity and Exclusion Zones in Australia, Michael Quinlan; Chapter Thirteen Respecting the Dignity of Religious Organizations: When Is It Appropriate for Courts to Decide Religious Doctrine?, Neil Foster; Notes on Contributors; Index.
Barry W. Bussey is Director of Legal Affairs,at the Canadian Centre for Christian Charities and Associate Adjunct Professor of Law at University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney.
Angus J. L. Menuge is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Concordia University Wisconsin and past President of the Evangelical Philosophical Society.
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Occupying a place front and center among important moral phenomena
in need of robust explanation is the dignity of human persons. As
such this perennially fascinating topic constitutes a powerful test
case for rival explanatory candidates, an eminently telling clue to
the import of the human condition and the very nature of reality.
The essential dignity and unspeakably great worth of each and every
human being is both a vital humanistic and humanizing doctrine, and
an ineliminable moral datum that veritably cries out for adequate
explanation to do it justice. The most penetrating explanations of
human dignity refuse to domesticate or deflate it, but rather allow
its full reverential and evidential force to be felt. This diverse
collection adds a chorus of intelligent and insightful voices to
this timely and timeless exploration, providing clarifying
analysis, points of resonance and common ground across divergent
views, as well as tensions and disagreements that ultimately, and
instructively, may prove insuperable. — David Baggett, Professor of
Philosophy and Director of the Center for Moral Apologetics at
Houston Baptist University, USA
The political and legal battle over how we understand human dignity
is right at the heart of the comprehensive crisis that is rocking
the advanced modern world to its foundations, and there is no
better scholarly exploration of that concept than the work
published in these two invaluable volumes. — Greg Forster, Ph.D.,
Director, Oikonomia Network, Assistant Professor of Faith and
Culture, Trinity International University, USA
The Inherence of Human Dignity, Vol. 1 and 2, deserves a wide
readership. Barry Bussey and Angus Menuge have drawn together an
important collection of essays from a diverse group of authors in
order to explore different conceptions of human dignity and how it
is to be grounded. — Robert A. Larmer, PhD, Professor and Chair,
Department of Philosophy, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Bussey and Menuge have edited a magisterial, brilliant two volume
work that should be essential reading for anyone interested in a
commitment to human dignity. — Charles Taliaferro Overby
Distinguished Chair and Professor of Philosophy, St. Olaf College,
USA
“Human rights protect human dignity. But what is human dignity? Why
is it important? An international group of scholars comments first
on grounding human dignity and second on human dignity’s competing
conceptions. By editing these essays, Barry Bussey and Angus Menuge
have done the scholarly community a great service”.—Prof. dr. Paul
Cliteur, Professor of Jurisprudence, Leiden University.
“Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (or Maastricht Treaty,
1992) states that ‘The Union is founded on the values of respect
for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law
and respect for human rights.’ This Article makes human dignity a
notion that is relevant for legal scholars, politicians, and others
who want to understand the foundations of contemporary European
culture. Barry Bussey and Angus Menuge have done an excellent job
collecting some of the most thought-provoking contributions on this
topic. This book deserves a wide readership.” — Prof. dr. Afshin
Ellian, Professor of Jurisprudence, Leiden University.
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