What is dignity in humans?
Q: What is dignity in humans?
A: Dignity in humans involves the earning or the expectation of personal respect or esteem.
Q: What is Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
A: Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Q: Do many societies agree with the notion of human dignity?
A: No, many societies do not agree with the notion of human dignity in practice.
Q: How did the civilised Greeks and Romans regard other races?
A: The civilised Greeks and Romans regarded other races as barbarians.
Q: What was Aristotle's advice to Alexander regarding barbarians?
A: Aristotle's advice to Alexander was to be 'a leader to the Greeks and a despot to the barbarians, to look after the former as after friends and relatives, and to deal with the latter as with beasts or plants'.
Q: How have societies based on religion treated persons of other religions?
A: Societies based on religion have treated persons of other religions harshly, with little dignity.
Q: How have political movements treated some groups in terms of human dignity?
A: Sometimes political movements have deliberately and openly talked about and treated some groups as not having human dignity. Nazi treatment of the Jews came after a long period of propaganda against their humanity and dignity.
