Philosophy and Sustenance of Human Dignityin the 21st Century

• 作者: Raphael Olisa Maduabuchi Stephen Chijioke Chukwujekwu
• 来源期刊: 哲学研究:英文版
• 学科: 政治法律
• 关键词: man human PERSON DIGNITY VIOLATIONS PHILOSOPHY SUSTENANCE 21st CENTURY
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（10）
• 页码范围: 640-650
• 页数: 11页
• 分类号: D81

摘要

The distortion and dissolution of the concept of person has led to hideous atrocities,such as annihilation of the Jews in the previous century,the continued oppression of the Palestinian people,the massacre of Moslems in Srebrenica,the Rwandan genocide,racial discrimination,the manifold manipulations of man through science and technology,barbarous and iniquitous laws(such as the legalization of abortion,etc.),the horrendous killings by Islamic terrorists(such as ISIS in Syria and the Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria),the increasing biomedical researches as in stem cell,etc.This paper seeks to make it clear that man occupies a central place in the created order.From this perspective,man enjoys a special status and should not to be treated as mere object.Thus,it is arguable that the ontological basis for a substance being denominated as person is its special dignity,which separates it from a mere thing.Human dignity,therefore,is an intrinsic quality of all human beings.Among other things,this paper will strive to investigate various violations of human dignity and the role of philosophy in sustaining the dignity of human person in the 21st century.