The sacredness of the person [electronic resource] : a new genealogy of human rights / Hans Joas ; Alex Skinner, translater.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xi, 217 pages )ISBN:- 9781589019706
- 1589019709
- Die Sakralität der Person English
- 323.09 23
- JC571 .J5613 2013
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index.
Introduction -- The charisma of reason -- The genesis of human rights -- Punishment and respect -- The sacralization of the person and the forces threatening it -- Violence and human dignity -- How experiences become rights -- Neither Kant nor Nietzsche -- What is affirmative genealogy? -- Soul and gift -- The human being as image and child of god -- Value generalization -- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the plurality of cultures.
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