The concept of human dignity and the realistic Utopia of human rights

Metaphilosophy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 464-480

  Habermas, Jürgen ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

civil rights; collective; conceptual connection; human dignity; human rights; individual; Kant; legal concept; legal duty; liberal rights; morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955004885     PISSN: 00261068     EISSN: 14679973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2010.01648.x     Document Type: Review

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