Fußnote: Weber-Guskar, Eva: Würde: Basis oder Ziel moralischer Normen?. -

Active dignity is a concept of dignity that anchors dignity not in the status of a person but in their (current) condition. According to this very controversial view, human dignity can not only be violated, but can even be lost. In her monograph Würde als Haltung (Dignity as Attitude/Posture). Eva Weber­Guskar is making a strong case for active dignity, as she argues that dignity ought to be understood as a particular condition that persons find themselves in. Weber-Guskar describes this particular condition as 'being in accordance with oneself.' This article accepts Weber-Guskar's concept of dignity in principle. Yet drawing from theological sources, it advocates an extended version of this concept, i.e., a concept that can integrale (apparent) non­accordance with oneself.

Enthalten in:
Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik; 2021/4 Kommentare, Studien, Berichte, Dokumentationen, Diskussionen, Rezensionen, Bibliographie (2021)

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Serie / Reihe: Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik

Personen: Schmidt, Jochen

Schlagwörter: Selbsterfahrung Selbst Menschenwürde Theologische Ethik