Poverty: A Challenge to Human Dignity?

How does the widespread phenomenon of poverty constitute a challenge to human dignity? This article argues firstly that a pervasive idea of human dignity, namely one that links dignity with autonomy, indeed evokes moral insights and guidance that are heavily challenged and contradicted by the pervas...

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Main Author: Ulla Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Verlage 2010-05-01
Series:Diaconia
Online Access:https://vr-elibrary.de/doi/10.13109/diac.2010.1.1.7