SOME THEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

  • Nico Koopman Stellenbosch University
Keywords: Alien dignity, Anthropology, Human rights, H Thielicke, Trinitatian faith

Abstract

This article acknowledges that human dignity is a concept that cannot be not easily defined.  It attempts to acquire a cognitive grip on dignity by defining it in terms of the needs and anxieties of human beings and in terms of narratives of the violation of dignity. .....

Author Biography

Nico Koopman, Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University
Published
2018-09-26
Section
Articles