John XXIII first broke ground with the encyclical Pacem in Terris (1963), which put human rights at the center of Catholic social teaching as the necessary
condition for human dignity.
Not exact matches
«Whatever insults
human dignity, such as subhuman living
conditions, arbitrary imprisonment, deportation, slavery... the selling of women and children; as well as disgraceful working
conditions, where men are treated as mere tools
for profit, rather than as free and responsible persons; all these things and others of their like are infamies indeed... they are a supreme dishonour to the Creator.»
Arguments that ground our
dignity as
humans in our capacities exclude those
human beings who have either never possessed such rationality, or who have lost it (
for example, through degenerative
conditions) and have no chance to acquire it again.
Much of the damage that has been done to Catholicism in recent decades — by the abuse scandals, by the ongoing horror stories of mid-twentieth century Catholic life in Ireland, by forms of intellectual dissent that empty Catholicism of the patrimony of truth bequeathed to it by the Lord, by the counter-witness of Catholics in public life who fail to stand firm
for the
dignity of the
human person at all stages of life and in all
conditions of life — is a matter of self - imposed wounds, which Church authorities have an obligation to address.
One wonders how many novelists and,
for that matter, how many sermonizers are prepared to confront in such detail this difficult fact about the
human condition, that sooner or later most of us will be called on to give adults, to whom we are bound with the most powerful ties of love and respect, the services we associate with the care of an infant, with their sense of
dignity, and our own, now and
for all eternity, dependent on the delicate attention and sensitivity we bring to the task, even as they gaze upon us helpless and vulnerable.
- God, the Absolute - humanity, the
human condition in its universal characteristics, - male and female, though different, equal in rights and
dignity, - the cosmos, especially the planet earth available, with its limited resources,
for all humanity - the planet's ecology as common essential source of life and hence of concern
for all
humans, present and future, - the
human conscience guiding each one interiorly would be known only to each one personally, - the each group of
humans has a history and a religio - cultural background of its own is a universal factor that makes
for particularity and different contexts
for theology, - the realization that the present increasing globalization of relationships, economy and culture impinge on theology and spirituality universally, though differently.
Experimental procedures can be licit if they «respect the life and integrity of the embryo and do not involve disproportionate risks
for it, but rather are directed to its healing, the improvement of its
condition of health, or its individual survival»; but the mere «use of
human embryos or fetuses as an object of experimentation» is «a crime against their
dignity as
human beings.»
:: Urgently pay Edo State pensioners over 42 months outstanding pension benefits and entitlements from the over N29bn Paris Club refunds received by your government and meant
for the payment of pension arrears and gratuities;:: Adopt a
human rights policy of guaranteeing regular payment of pension benefits and entitlements so that pensioners and their families can live decently;:: Recognize the
human rights of Edo State pensioners and ensure their full and effective enjoyment of those rights, as well as provide them with information to enable them to claim their rights;:: Treat all pensioners in Edo State as individuals with humanity and
dignity and respect and promote their higher standard of living and improve economic and social
conditions for all pensioners;:: Provide Edo State pensioners with proper support and assistance to alleviate their plight, including by ensuring informal, community - based and recreation - oriented programs
for pensioners to help develop their sense of self - reliance and independence;:: Reduce opportunities
for corruption in the spending of the Paris Club refunds
They express the artist's view of the
human condition as a struggle
for meaning and
dignity.»
The exhibition also raises a more crucial question: how to defend
human rights and provide the ground
for respect and
dignity when concepts of personal liberties are determined by a complex legacy as well as by contemporary forms of social
conditioning?
Climate change is a threat to things that are the material
conditions for human life and it is interference with the
dignity of
human life that is usually the predicate
for recognizing specifiable
human rights.
A 2011 investigation by Amnesty International found
conditions in Arizona highest security maximum custody facilities potentially violated Article 10 the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which states that «all persons deprived of their liberty shall be treated with humanity and with respect
for the inherent
dignity of the
human person.»