«The board continues to encourage ethical standards that require members to uphold the academy's values of
respect for human dignity,» the organization said.
Looking clearly at the facts, with a
value for human dignity and life, shows us beyond doubt that the current path is very dangerous, harmful to us and unsustainable.
It is noted that respect
for human dignity involves a wide spectrum of issues, and good people can disagree about which problems need to be addressed and how.
Salvation works in the struggle for economic justice against the exploitation of people by people; in the
struggle for human dignity against the political oppression of human beings; in the struggle for solidarity against the alienation of person from person; and in the struggle of hope against despair in personal life.
And on a political level, how can we ask those courageously
advocating for human dignity and human life to oppose reproductive health, when we know scientifically that it is an important component of health as a whole?
Global cultural understanding and respect
for human dignity for all, at all times and under all circumstances, is not just a noble moral goal but an essential pre-requisite for a more sustainable pursuit of the national interest.
«By freeing - up these scarce federal dollars, women who need healthcare will be able to obtain a range of services at community health centers, hospitals, primary care physicians and other organizations,» said Arina Grossu, director of the Family Research Council's
Center for Human Dignity.
We need a fully orbed pro-life vision that fights
for human dignity wherever it is compromised, whether in the womb, on the streets of Baltimore, Cleveland and New York, at the nursing home, in the halls of power, or at the border.
Bioethicist Ruth Macklin argues that the sole
criterion for human dignity is autonomous choice; Savulescu believes that donation euthanasia improves autonomy and reduces the chances of suffering near death.
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.
But, what basis is
there for human dignity if we are merely random meat machines living precariously between two abysses?
The fact that it is now assumed that there is no observed
evidence for human dignity is something Catholicism needs to acknowledge and get to grips with.
Catholic News Service: US leaders urged to put respect
for human dignity at center of issues The Secular Franciscan Order urged U.S. business leaders and government officials, including the next U.S. president, to approach economic and political issues with the «foundational premise» that «all of creation, especially human life, has dignity and value.»
I have formulated my own
ranking for human dignity and its components based on a score from 1 to 5, with 1 meaning the indicator is completely absent and 5 meaning that the particular indicator of human dignity has been fully integrated into society and is fully protected by the law and the state.
The supposition of additional innate ideas, however, and in particular the advocacy of an innate morality is demonstrably false given the tendency of moral development to vary widely but predictably with regard to background conditions: were morality innate, we should expect to find, contrary to fact, that the most harrowing and most stable social circumstances contribute equally to the development of a moral compass and
regard for human dignity.
Bartelmann says he's also protesting «the mendacity, the
disregard for human dignity, the fascist demeanor of Trump» and the nomination of Betsy DeVos as education secretary.
Slekar says speaking out during the current «reformation,» built on corporate greed and
disrespect for human dignity, is nothing less than a calling.
In the trinity of influence they all told me it was Lewis Hine for his social conscience, Paul
Strand for his human dignity, and Walker Evans for his picture making.
Painter Dan McCleary, who in 2010 founded Art Division, which serves young adult art students in the Rampart District of Los Angeles, has a deep
feeling for human dignity.
These obligations must exist to foster respect
for human dignity because it is morally good to respect patient confidentiality, participate in the well - being of society, and to perform duties with diligence.
A lot of work had to be done along the way, such as giving women the right to vote, but there is so much more to
do for human dignity and rights for all.
This blog is for persons at the University of the Incarnate Word to share educational resources that
speak for human dignity and stand against human slavery.
Looking clearly at the facts, with a
value for human dignity and life, shows us beyond doubt that the current path is very dangerous, harmful -LSB-...]
The state's premier professional organization for LPCs is the West Virginia Counseling Association, a branch of the American Counseling Association whose mission is «to enhance the quality of individual life in our society by promoting the development of professional counselors, advancing the counseling profession, and using the profession and practice of counseling to promote
respect for human dignity.»
This doesn't mean there still won't be differing callings, but we should commit to learning about and sympathizing with other
fights for human dignity.
As we look to the 150th anniversary of our Confederation, we are reminded that ours is a rich inheritance: a legacy of freedom; the birthright of all humanity and the courage to uphold it; the rule of law, and the institutions to protect it; respect
for human dignity and diversity.
Its board of governors «continues to encourage ethical standards that require members to uphold the Academy's values of respect
for human dignity,» the group said in a statement.
For centuries Catholic missionaries have traveled and labored all over the world, helping to plant the seeds of justice and respect
for human dignity, and to create viable civic institutions.
This goes beyond the law to an issue of fundamental respect
for human dignity.
The League of Nations, with President Wilson's 14 points, failed; and global blood in ceaseless flood and genocidal gore inflicting millions of human casualties awakened the peoples of the earth to the urgency of the United Nations as a global guardian and sentinel on the qui vive of peace and security and respect
for human dignity, worth of the human person and inalienable human rights.
Respect
for human dignity is also made contingent upon distinctions «such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, or other status» (Article 2).
He also identified himself with the struggle
for human dignity and freedom and so attracts those Christians who are committed to agencies for the relief of poverty and campaigns for world - wide social and economic justice.