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i Dignity oxford philosophical concepts ii oxford philosophical concepts Christia Mercer, Columbia University Series Editor Published in the Oxford Philosophical Concepts Series Efficient Causation Eternity Edited by Tad Schmaltz Edited by Yitzhak Melamed Sympathy Self- Knowledge Edited by Eric Schliesser Edited by Ursula Renz The Faculties Embodiment Edited by Dominik Perler Edited by Justin E.H. Smith Memory Dignity Edited by Dmitri Nikulin Edited by Remy Debes Moral Motivation Edited by Iakovos Vasiliou Forthcoming in the Oxford Philosophical Concepts Series Pleasure Evil Edited by Lisa Shapiro Edited by Andrew Chignell Animals Space Edited by Peter Adamson Edited by Andrew Janiak Health Persons Edited by Peter Adamson Edited by Antonia LoLordo iii oxford philosophical concepts Dignity A History j Edited by Remy Debes 1 iv 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America. © Oxford University Press 2017 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Debes, Remy, editor. Title: Dignity: a history / edited by Remy Debes. Description: New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016035321 (print) | LCCN 2016037350 (ebook) | ISBN 9780199385997 (cloth: alk. paper) | ISBN 9780199386000 (pbk.: alk. paper) | ISBN 9780199386024 (online course) | ISBN 9780199386017 (updf) Subjects: LCSH: Dignity— History. Classification: LCC BJ1533D45 D54 2017 (print) | LCC BJ1533.D45 (ebook) | DDC 179/ .9— dc23 LC record available at https:// lccn.loc.gov/ 2016035321 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Paperback printed by WebCom, Inc., Canada Hardback printed by Bridgeport National Bindery, Inc., United States of America v Contents List of Figures ix Series Foreword, by Christia Mercer xi Acknowledgments xiii List of Contributors xvii Introduction 1 1 Dignity in Homer and Classical Greece Patrice Rankine 19 2 Dignity in Roman and Stoic Thought Miriam Griffin 47 Reflection Dignity in Confucian and Buddhist Thought David B. Wong 67 3 In the Image of God: Human Dignity after the Fall Bonnie Kent 73 4 Islamic Conceptions of Dignity: Historical Trajectories and Paradigms Mustafa Shah 99 vi vi Contents 5 Dignity, Vile Bodies, and Nakedness: Giovanni Pico and Giannozzo Manetti Brian Copenhaver 127 Reflection Portraiture, Social Positioning, and Displays of Dignity in Early Modern London Edward Town 175 6 Equal Dignity and Rights Stephen Darwall 181 7 Human Dignity Before Kant: Denis Diderot’s Passionate Person Remy Debes 203 8 Dignity: Kant’s Revolutionary Conception Oliver Sensen 237 Reflection A Time for Dignity Charles W. Mills 263 9 On Bourgeois Dignity: Making the Self- Made Man Christine DUNN Henderson 269 Reflection Taking Refuge from History in Morality: Marx, Morality, and Dignity Somogy Varga 291 10 Universalizing Dignity in the Nineteenth Century Mika LaVaque- Manty 301 Reflection Why Bioethics Isn’t Ready for Human Dignity Marcus Düwell 323 11 Sympathy and Dignity in Early Africana Philosophy Bernard Boxill 333 vii Contents vii Reflection Death and Dignity in American Law Emma Kaufman 361 Bibliography 369 Index 399 viii ix List of Figures 5.1. Adam with God, Eve, and Others: Sistine Chapel 5.2. Adam Alone without God 5.3. Jesus Baptized: Ravenna 5.4. Donatello’s David 5R.1. A fête at Bermondsey 5R.2. A Village Festival 11R.1. The Man in the Electric Chair at Sing Sing, ca. 1900 11R.2. The lethal injection room in San Quentin State Prison, completed in 2010
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