This approach builds on Immanuel Kant's moral imperative stipulating that we should treat people as ends or goals in themselves, namely as having ultimate moral worth which should not be instrumentalized. Instrumentalization or objectification This aspect refers to treating a person as an instrument or as means to achieve some other goal.
This approach is common in judicial decisions where judges refer to violations of human dignity as injuries to people's self-worth or their self-esteem. More generally, etymology of the word “humiliation” has a universal characteristic in the sense that in all languages the word involves “downward spatial orientation” in which “something or someone is pushed down and forcefully held there”. ‘I know it when I see it even if I cannot tell you what it is’”. As Schachter noted, “it has been generally assumed that a violation of human dignity can be recognized even if the abstract term cannot be defined. Acts of humiliation are context dependent but we normally have an intuitive understanding where such a violation occurs.
The main categories of violations are: Humiliation Violations of human dignity in terms of humiliation refer to acts that humiliate or diminish the self-worth of a person or a group. Human dignity can be violated in multiple ways. International proclamations have thus far left dignity undefined, Īnd scientific commentators, such as those arguing against genetic research and algeny, cite dignity as a reason but are ambiguous about its application. However, it is rarely defined outright in political, legal, and scientific discussions. There is also a long history of special philosophical use of this term. In ordinary modern usage, the word denotes " respect" and " status", and it is often used to suggest that someone is not receiving a proper degree of respect, or even that they are failing to treat themselves with proper self-respect. In general, the term has various functions and meanings depending on how the term is used and on the context. "Dignity" also has descriptive meanings pertaining to the worth of human beings. Modern use Įnglish-speakers often use the word "dignity" in proscriptive and cautionary ways: for example, in politics it can be used to critique the treatment of oppressed and vulnerable groups and peoples, but it has also been applied to cultures and sub-cultures, to religious beliefs and ideals, and even to animals used for food or research. The English word "dignity", attested from the early 13th century, comes from Latin dignitas (worthiness) īy way of French dignité.
6 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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