{"product_id":"inherent-human-dignity-a-philosophical-meditation-hardback-9780268209964","title":"Inherent Human Dignity; A Philosophical Meditation (Hardback) 9780268209964","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eInherent Human Dignity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Philosophical Meditation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGlenn Hughes (Author), James Greenaway (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780268209964\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e152 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.368 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hughes shows us the way to reclaim our inherent dignity within a world of meaning. This book promises to be the go-to volume that concisely explains not just that we should affirm inherent dignity for all human beings, but how and why we must.\" —John von Heyking, author of \u003cem\u003eComprehensive Judgement and Absolute Selflessness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eInherent Human Dignity\u003c\/em\u003e fills a need for a thoroughgoing philosophical defense of the notion of inherent human value and dignity.\" —David Baggett, co-author of \u003cem\u003eThe Moral Argument\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eInherent Human Dignity \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the philosophical and existential foundations of what it means to be human.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInherent Human Dignity\u003c\/em\u003e is a philosophical meditation and defense of the value of being human. Glenn Hughes explores the existential foundations of these concepts in this structured and accessible study about the experience of being human.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHughes locates human dignity within the philosophical, political, and historical horizons of human culture. Guided by Eric Voegelin and Bernard Lonergan, literary and artistic examples, key moments of our modern era, and his own scholarship on the religions of the world, Hughes unfolds and accounts for human dignity's place in our world. He additionally utilizes key moments of our modern era to frame our understanding of human dignity, paying close attention to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that was created by the United Nations following World War II. Ultimately, Hughes's meditation is concerned both with exploring the maximally differentiated set of insights into the meaning of being human and with articulating why the discovery of the inherent equal dignity of every person—without exception—is a profound and unique achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1. Preliminaries\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Honesty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Meaning \u0026amp; Value\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Cosmos\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Belonging\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Desire to Know\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Myth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The World of Space and Time\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Science\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Misunderstanding Human Nature\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Constants of Human Nature\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2. The Idea of Inherent Human Dignity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Inherent Human Dignity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Inherent Dignity in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (I)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Inherent Dignity in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (II)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Persons, Rights, and Dignified Living\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Digression: The Universal Search for Dignified Living\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. The Challenge of Respecting Inherent Dignity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Transcendent Mystery and Shakenness\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Eclipsing Transcendent Mystery\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Inherent Dignity as Both Concept and Mythic Symbol\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. The Refusal to Understand Inherent Dignity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Inherent Dignity and Ideaology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Love and Inherent Dignity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530841911576,"sku":"9780268209964","price":47.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/inherent-human-dignity-a-philosophical-meditation-hardback-9780268209964","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}