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  • Hypatia_Alexandria
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    Originally posted by seer View Post

    Here is one definition:
    Is that the definition you are using? Or have you cited simply as an example?

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  • seer
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    Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post

    Given the various ways in which the phrase may be employed, define what you understand by "Human dignity" in this specific context.
    Here is one definition:

    At its most basic, the concept of human dignity is the belief that all people hold a special value that's tied solely to their humanity. It has nothing to do with their class, race, gender, religion, abilities, or any other factor other than them being human.

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  • seer
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    Originally posted by Stoic View Post

    I'd go with "a social construction", but I'm sure you could have guessed that.

    Some norms don't seem to "waver" as much as others.
    I don't know, given our human history I think it may waver a lot.

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  • Stoic
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    Originally posted by seer View Post
    ...merely a social construction, or is there a transcendent link that is not dependent on wavering social norms?
    I'd go with "a social construction", but I'm sure you could have guessed that.

    Some norms don't seem to "waver" as much as others.

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  • Hypatia_Alexandria
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    Originally posted by seer View Post
    ...merely a social construction, or is there a transcendent link that is not dependent on wavering social norms?
    Given the various ways in which the phrase may be employed, define what you understand by "Human dignity" in this specific context.

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  • seer
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    Originally posted by shunyadragon View Post

    Survival of the species depends on morality, human dignity cooperation, guilt, and cohesive social units.
    So human human dignity is no more than a social construct..

    The Baháʼí Writings make clear that human rights are not merely a political or social concept that is contingent on recognition by governments. Rather, the Baháʼí perspective is that human rights exist with or without governments; indeed, they are a divine endowment flowing from the creation of all human beings with the potential to reflect the attributes of God. All human beings have for this reason an equal spiritual dignity.

    Bahá’u’lláh’s teaching of a divinely ordained equal human dignity is expressed in this Hidden Word: “O Children of Men! Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust? That no one should exalt himself over the other. Ponder at all times in your hearts how ye were created.”26 Governments accordingly have a moral obligation to respect this divine endowment, an obligation that would exist even in the absence of treaties or customary legal norms obligating them to do so. Bahá’u’lláh impressed upon rulers this sacred duty: “For is it not your clear duty to restrain the tyranny of the oppressor, and to deal equitably with your subjects, that your high sense of justice may be fully demonstrated to all mankind? God hath committed into your hands the reins of the government of the people, that ye may rule with justice over them, safeguard the rights of the down-trodden, and punish the wrong-doers.”27 These are divinely-ordained responsibilities that no government can legitimately shirk.
    Last edited by seer; 02-16-2021, 10:49 AM.

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  • shunyadragon
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    Originally posted by seer View Post

    Why is it a natural part of being human? That makes no sense.
    Survival of the species depends on morality, human dignity cooperation, guilt, and cohesive social units.

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  • seer
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    Originally posted by shunyadragon View Post
    At present there is no evidence that human dignity anything more than a natural part of the nature of being human.
    Why is it a natural part of being human? That makes no sense.

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  • Thoughtful Monk
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    Considering we have all sorts of racism and biases, there is no such thing as human dignity beyond what your social group gives you.

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  • shunyadragon
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    At present there is no evidence that human dignity anything more than a natural part of the nature of being human.

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