Dignity, Rank, and Rights by Jeremy Waldron (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Dignity, Rank, and Rights by Jeremy Waldron, Meir Dan-Cohen This volume collects two lectures by Jeremy Waldron that were originally given as Berkeley Tanner Lectures along with responses to the lectures from Wai Chee Dimock, Don Herzog, and Michael Rosen; a reply to the responses by Waldron; and an introduction by Meir Dan-Cohen. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Writers on human dignity roughly divide between those who stress the social origins of this concept and its role in marking rank and hierarchy, and those who follow Kant in grounding dignity in an abstract and idealized philosophical conception of human beings. In these lectures, Jeremy Waldron contrives to combine attractive features of both strands. In the first lecture, Waldron presents a conception of dignity that preserves its ancient association with rank andstation, thus allowing him to tap rich historical resources while avoiding what many perceive as the excessive abstraction and dubious metaphysics of the Kantian strand. At the same time he argues fora conception of human dignity that amounts to a generalization of high status across all human beings, and so attains the appealing universality of the Kantian position. The second lecture focuses particularly on the importance of dignity - understood in this way - as a status defining persons relation to law: their presentation as persons capable of self-applying the law, capable of presenting and arguing a point of view, and capable of responding to laws demands without brute coercion.Together the two lectures illuminate the relation between dignity conceived as the ground of rights and dignity conceived as the content of rights; they also illuminate important ideas about dignity asnoble bearing and dignity as the subject of a right against degrading treatment; and they help us understand the sense in which dignity is better conceived as a status than as a kind of value. Author Biography JW:University Professor of Law at New York UniversityMD-C:Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley Table of Contents IntroductionMeir Dan-CohenDignity, Rank, and RightsJeremy Waldron1. Dignity and Rank2. Law, Dignity and Self-ControlCommentsResponse to Jeremy WaldronWai Chee DimockAristocratic Dignity?Don HerzogDignity, Rank and RightsMichael RosenReply to CommentatorsJeremy WaldronReplyIndex Review "Dignity, Rank, and Rights is an unusual, and unusually refreshing, exercise in legal philosophy... his account of dignity as a legal status is meticulously researched, engages with a broad collection of thinkers and theories, and offers real insights into dignitys legal dimensions." -Michigan Law Review"Waldrons take on human dignity is novel. It contains a bold inversion of almost all philosophical treatments of dignity as something like a metaphysical ground for moral claims. Waldron eschews this approach by understanding dignity as a substantive and structural feature of the way that legal orders establish rank and statusELthis bold approach allows Waldron to move forward a much-needed philosophical conversation about this deeply interesting and importantconcept."-Analysis Long Description Writers on human dignity roughly divide between those who stress the social origins of this concept and its role in marking rank and hierarchy, and those who follow Kant in grounding dignity in an abstract and idealized philosophical conception of human beings. In these lectures, Jeremy Waldron contrives to combine attractive features of both strands. In the first lecture, Waldron presents a conception of dignity that preserves its ancient association with rank andstation, thus allowing him to tap rich historical resources while avoiding what many perceive as the excessive abstraction and dubious metaphysics of the Kantian strand. At the same time he argues fora conception of human dignity that amounts to a generalization of high status across all human beings, and so attains the appealing universality of the Kantian position. The second lecture focuses particularly on the importance of dignity - understood in this way - as a status defining persons relation to law: their presentation as persons capable of self-applying the law, capable of presenting and arguing a point of view, and capable of responding to laws demands without brute coercion.Together the two lectures illuminate the relation between dignity conceived as the ground of rights and dignity conceived as the content of rights; they also illuminate important ideas about dignity asnoble bearing and dignity as the subject of a right against degrading treatment; and they help us understand the sense in which dignity is better conceived as a status than as a kind of value. Review Text "Dignity, Rank, and Rights is an unusual, and unusually refreshing, exercise in legal philosophy... his account of dignity as a legal status is meticulously researched, engages with a broad collection of thinkers and theories, and offers real insights into dignitys legal dimensions." -Michigan Law Review"Waldrons take on human dignity is novel. It contains a bold inversion of almost all philosophical treatments of dignity as something like a metaphysical ground for moral claims. Waldron eschews this approach by understanding dignity as a substantive and structural feature of the way that legal orders establish rank and statusELthis bold approach allows Waldron to move forward a much-needed philosophical conversation about this deeply interesting and importantconcept." -Analysis Review Quote "Waldrons take on human dignity is novel. It contains a bold inversion of almost all philosophical treatments of dignity as something like a metaphysical ground for moral claims. Waldron eschews this approach by understanding dignity as a substantive and structural feature of the way that legal orders establish rank and statusELthis bold approach allows Waldron to move forward a much-needed philosophical conversation about this deeply interesting and important concept." --Analysis Feature Selling point: Discusses the relation between dignity conceived as the ground of rights and dignity conceived as the content of rightsSelling point: Presents Waldrons ideas in debate with three critics, as well as his response to each of them, for a full dialogue on the questions at hand Details ISBN0199915431 Author Meir Dan-Cohen Short Title DIGNITY RANK & RIGHTS Language English ISBN-10 0199915431 ISBN-13 9780199915439 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 128.3 Residence Berkeley, CA, US Affiliation Jeremy Waldron is Professor of Law at the New York University Law Scho Publication Date 2012-11-29 Year 2012 Edited by Meir Dan-Cohen Illustrations black & white illustrations Position Professor of Law Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States UK Release Date 2012-11-29 AU Release Date 2012-11-29 NZ Release Date 2012-11-29 US Release Date 2012-11-29 Birth 1940 Death 1593 Qualifications PhD. Pages 176 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Series The Berkeley Tanner Lectures Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Alternative 9780190235444 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:87323977;

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