Dignity As a Human Right?

This book examines the place of human dignity as a normative standard, principle, or right in domestic and global health care decision-making. The contentious issue of end-of-life care serves the foundation of the analysis of human dignity as a human right.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Challenges to the Notion of Dignity as a Human Right

Chapter 2: The Origins and Historty of Human Dignity

Chapter 3: The Indignities of Pain and of Suffering at the End-Of-Life

Chapter 4: Dignity in Domestic and in International Context: Aspirations, Limited Successes, and the Legacy of Senator Bricker

Chapter 5: Impleting or Impeding Dignity: Subsidiarity and Proportionality

Chapter 6: Modern Formulations of Dignity: Clarifications and Calibrations

Chapter 7: Advancing Global Frameworks Toward A New Social Order

About the author

George P. Smith is professor emeritus of law at The Catholic University of America Law School and a residential fellow at The Institute for Advanced Study at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Product details

• Authors: George P Smith, George P. Smith
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781498584210
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8421-0
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Civil Rights, International Relations, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Central / national / federal government policies, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Central government policies