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Dignity in the 21st Century - Middle East and West (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017)
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Dignity in the 21st Century - Middle East and West (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
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This book is open access under a CC BY license. This book offers a
unique and insightful analysis of Western and Middle Eastern
concepts of dignity and illustrates them with examples of everyday
life. Dignity in the 21st Century - Middle East and West is unique
and insightful for a range of reasons. First, the book is
co-authored by scholars from two different cultures (Middle East
and West). As a result, the interpretations of dignity covered are
broader than those in most Western publications. Second, the
ambition of the book is to use examples from everyday life and
fiction to debate a range of dignity interpretations supplemented
by philosophical and theological theories. Thus, the book is
designed to be accessible to a general readership, which is further
facilitated because it is published with full open access. Third,
the book does not defend one superior theory of dignity, but
instead presents six Western approaches and one based on the Koran
and then asks whether a common essence can be detected. The answer
to the question whether a common essence can be detected between
the Koranic interpretation of dignity and the main Western theories
(virtue, Kant) is YES. The essence can be seen in dignity as a
sense of self-worth, which persons have a duty to develop and
respect in themselves and a duty to protect in others. The book
ends with two recommendations. First, given the 7 concepts of
dignity introduced in the book, meaningful dialogue can only be
achieved if conversation partners clarify which variation they are
using. Second, future collaborations between philosophers and
psychologists might be helpful in moving theoretical knowledge on
dignity as a sense of self-worth into practical action. The
"scourges" of a sense of self-worth and dignity are identified by
psychologists as violence, humiliation, disregard and
embarrassment. To know more about how these can be avoided from
psychologists, is helpful when protecting a sense of self-worth in
others.
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