Table of Contents

The Concept of Human Dignity.- to a Conversation.- Human Dignity and Human Worth.- Human Dignity and Human Being.- On Human Dignity: Fragments of an Exploration.- Two Conceptions of Dignity: Honour and Self-Determination.- Human Dignity and Charity.- Human Dignity: Functions and Meanings.- A Brief History of Human Dignity: Idea and Application.- Human Dignity in Context.- A Journey Towards Understanding: True and False Dignity.- The Question of Dignity: Doubts and Loves and a Whisper from Where the Ruined House Once Stood.- Religion and Dignity: Assent and Dissent.- Giving the Past Its Dignity.- Dignity and Indignity.- Human Dignity and the Law.- On the International Legal Aspects of Human Dignity.- Doing Justice to Dignity in the Criminal Law.- Human Dignity: The New Phase in International Law.- Dignity and Health.- Human Dignity: The Perspective of a Gynaecological Oncologist.- The Social Origins of Dignity in Medical Care at the End of Life.- Dying with Dignity: The Story Reveals Its Meaning.