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Inclusive dignity

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  • Pablo Gilabert

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The idea of dignity is pervasive in political discourse. It is central to human rights theory and practice, and it features regularly in conceptions of social justice as well as in the social movements they seek to understand or orient. However, dignity talk has been criticized for leading to problematic exclusion. Critics challenge it for undermining our recognition of the rights of non-human animals and of many human individuals (such as children, the elderly, and people with disabilities). I argue that, on a plausible articulation of it, the idea of dignity does not lead to these exclusions and that it in fact helps defend an appropriately inclusive moral and political treatment of all individuals. Difficult issues about equality and diversity indeed arise, but a dignitarian approach can provide good answers to them or at least help make them clearer and more tractable.

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  • Pablo Gilabert, 2024. "Inclusive dignity," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 23(1), pages 22-46, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pophec:v:23:y:2024:i:1:p:22-46
    DOI: 10.1177/1470594X231178499
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    1. James Nickel, 2022. "Linkage Arguments For and Against Rights," Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Oxford University Press, vol. 42(1), pages 27-47.
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