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Dignity
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[German Version]

renders the Latin dignitas and, like it, refers to a relationship, the unity of the being of “a” for “b” and the determination of “b” by “a,” that is: the being of the one who has dignity for his addressee and, at the same time, the latter's being as determined by the being of the one who has dignity for him. Three elements of this relationship persist throughout all its possible variations: 1. Only people existing in self-transparency and responsibility come under consideration as a…

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Herms, Eilert, “Dignity”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_026445>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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