Contents
Foreword...................................................... v
The Honourable William Cox AC RFD ED, Governor of Tasmania
Acknowledgements............................................. vii
1   Introduction to a Conversation................................. 1
Jeff Malpas and Norelle Lickiss
1 The Concept of Human Dignity
2 Human Dignity and Human Worth............................. 9
Daniel P. Sulmasy
3 Human Dignity and Human Being.............................. 19
Jeff Malpas
4 On Human Dignity: Fragments
of an Exploration............................................ 27
Norelle Lickiss
5 Two Conceptions of Dignity: Honour
and Self-Determination....................................... 43
Andrew Brennan and Y.S. Lo
6 Human Dignity and Charity................................... 59
Rosalind Hursthouse
X
Contents
Contents
xi
7 Human Dignity: Functions and Meanings....................... 73
Down Shultziner
8 A Brief History of Human Dignity: Idea and Application.......... 93
Milton Lewis
II   Human Dignity in Context
9 A Journey Towards Understanding: True
and False Dignity........................................... 109
Christina Mason
10 The Question of Dignity: Doubts
and Loves and a Whisper from Where
the Ruined House Once Stood................................ 119
Veronica Brady
11 Religion and Dignity: Assent and Dissent....................... 127
Eilidh Campbell St John and Stuart Bladder
12 Giving the Past Its Dignity................................... 135
Greg Dening
13 Dignity and Indignity........................................ 141
Nicholas Tar ling
14 Human Dignity and the Law.................................. 151
Sir Guy Green
15 On the International Legal Aspects
of Human Dignity........................................... 157
Don Chalmers and Ryuichi Ida
16 Doing Justice to Dignity in the Criminal Law.................... 169
Julia Davis
17 Human Dignity: The New Phase in
International Law.......................................,.. 183
Michael Tate
18 Dignity and Health.......................................... 187
Martin Tatter sail
19 Human Dignity: The Perspective
of a Gynaecological Oncologist................................ 193
Neville F. Hacker
20 The Social Origins of Dignity in Medical
Care at the End of Life...................................... 199
Nicholas Christakis
21 Dying with Dignity: The Story Reveals
Its Meaning................................................ 209
Jack Coulehan
Bibliography................................................... 225
Perspectives on Human Dignity: A Conversation
Jeff Malpas
University of Tasmania Australia
and
Norelle Lickiss
University of Tasmania and University of Sydney Australia
Edited by
Perspectives on Human Dignity: A Conversation
Jeff Malpas
University of Tasmania Australia
and
Norelle Lickiss
University of Tasmania and University of Sydney Australia
Edited by