Abstract

Contents: -- Preface and note on text structure -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: the distinction of dignity -- Dignity, freedom and reason - from ancient greece to early modernity -- The sense of dignity in moral philosophy ¿ from the ethical intuitionists to the irrationalists -- Marx's critique of morality - natural law, the state and citizenship -- Classical sociology's regard for human dignity -- The human face of dignity reflected in phenomenology and existentialism -- Fresh terms for dignity attending the frankfurt school (both 'old' and 'young') -- Notes sampling research and practice: making dignity work; making dignity care -- The slighting of dignity - the critics charter -- Conclusion: after the recognition of dignity.