Sentences with phrase «human dignity of people»

They recognize that Catholic schools cultivate faith formation, a deep understanding of God's love and a heightened appreciation for the human dignity of all people.

But does it not remain true that this event was a symbol of the human dignity of all persons, of their participation in the common life, of their will to be free from the control of another people?

A conservative pundit criticizes the statement because it also affirms that «the Catholic Church teaches emphatically that individuals and society must respect the basic human dignity of all persons, including those with a homosexual orientation.»

The presumption of innocence protects the fundamental liberty and human dignity of any person accused by the state of criminal conduct.

Not exact matches

Bottom line, people should not have to dress or behave in certain societally approved ways in order to be treated like human beings deserving of the same dignity as more privileged people.

And Catholic thinkers — the writings of Jacques Maritain are a prominent case in point — have long promoted a «Christian Humanism,» a perspective that celebrates the created dignity of the human person in God's design for the world.

Political Life and Human Dignity Mary Ann Glendon («The Bearable Lightness of Dignity,» May) is right on target in noting that within the Christian tradition, dignity has a twofold meaning: «In its ontological sense it is a given attribute of the person, while, in its moral sense, it is a call to an end to be gradually realized.Dignity Mary Ann Glendon («The Bearable Lightness of Dignity,» May) is right on target in noting that within the Christian tradition, dignity has a twofold meaning: «In its ontological sense it is a given attribute of the person, while, in its moral sense, it is a call to an end to be gradually realized.Dignity,» May) is right on target in noting that within the Christian tradition, dignity has a twofold meaning: «In its ontological sense it is a given attribute of the person, while, in its moral sense, it is a call to an end to be gradually realized.dignity has a twofold meaning: «In its ontological sense it is a given attribute of the person, while, in its moral sense, it is a call to an end to be gradually realized.»

Unfortunately, little attention is given to understanding how human dignity of the clinician is threatened and violated in the current health care environment... [which] has led to the systemic violation of the dignity of the clinician (and ultimately that of persons who are sick), created moral distress among clinicians, and the collapse of the healing relationship.

His appeal to the dignity of humanity, the toleration of differing ideas, and emotivism finds a needed alternative in James Rogers» response from a Christianity that observes how sin perpetuates «the indignity of the human person.»

In a statement, Pope Francis said: «At a time when our human family is beset by grave humanitarian crises demanding far - sighted and united political responses, I pray that your decisions will be guided by the rich spiritual and ethical values that have shaped the history of the American people and your nation's commitment to the advancement of human dignity and freedom worldwide.

Evangelical Catholicism draws the will, the energy, the strength, and, if necessary, the stubbornness to continue defending and promoting the dignity of the human person from the power of the gospel.

The archbishop also asserted that laws are based upon certain principles: «the pursuit of the common good through respect for the natural law, the dignity of the human person, the inviolability of innocent life from conception to natural death, the sanctity of marriage, justice for the poor, protection of minors, and so on.»

Additional reasons might be given for The United Methodist Church to rid itself of a commitment to abortion rights: the increasing numbers of African delegates (who are, in the main, pro-life) to General Conference; the horrifyingly high abortion rates (though the annual totals are continuing to decrease) in the United States; the pro-life drift of American public opinion (which United Methodism seems to follow); the uncommon clarity of ecumenical teaching on the dignity of the human person; and the providence of God.

The Modern notion of individual autonomy is an attenuated or thinner version of the Christian conception of the dignity of the human person.

Start with the science that shows the humanity and individuality of the embryo, and then make philosophical arguments about the equality of all human beings as persons possessing inherent dignity.

Theologies were written to suggest that non-white people did not bear the image of God like white people did and were therefore not worthy of basic human dignity.

As Zmirak writes, Röpke «centered his economics in the dignity of the human person, who lives not alone but as part of a family and a community; who thrives or suffers according to the health of those institutions; and who regulates his own economic activity according toýfinancial and personal incentives that he» and not the State» is best equipped to interpret.»

The state should be run in accordance with what is best to maintain human dignity and a standard of living that we as a people can all agree on.

On November 29, Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, secretary of state, wrote to Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal of Jordan, the chief organizer of the letter of the 138, on behalf of the pope: «Common ground allows us to base dialogue on effective respect for the dignity of every human person, on objective knowledge of the religion of the other, on the sharing of religious experience, and, finally, on common commitment to promoting mutual respect and acceptance among the younger generation.

By telling people that they can not obey God in this area, the bishops undermine the human dignity of the working classes, and degrade their morality further.

Contemporary cultures had lost a vital understanding of the foundations of human dignity and were increasingly marked both by disillusion and by a mechanical and instrumental account of the human person.

Further, it is not true that being killed by a fully autonomous military drone necessarily violates the dignity of the human person.

What violates the dignity of the human person is being treated unjustly.

One might go further and point out that the concept of «person» helps us understand human dignity as something deriving from the fact of one's intrinsic being» rather than from the extent of freestanding autonomy, the «quality of life,» that a person might demonstrate.

The appropriate explanation of Christian asceticism begins with the dignity of the complete human person, not only his soul but also his body.

• Traditional liberals, writes our friend Robert P. George, have promoted their views as a way that people holding conflicting comprehensive doctrines» «an integrated set of beliefs about the human good, human dignity, and human destiny»» can live together.

In our time, in fact, especially in some countries, we are witnessing a disturbing divergence between reason, whose task is to discover the ethical values linked to the dignity of the human person, and freedom, whose responsibility is to accept and promote them.

Bernard Farrell - Roberts argues that government proposals use a profoundly unjustified approach to brain death and the dignity of the human person.

They have always had as their goal the reconciliation between human solidarity on the one hand and the dignity of individual, concrete persons, situations, and facts on the other.

Assumed consent would have the effect of making our bodies a commodity for the use of the state and others, and would therefore compromise the dignity of the human person.

«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.»

Eve's incarnation teaches the solitary Adam how the human body is not some autonomous vehicle but precisely how the infinite life and dignity of each person is made manifest.

Ours is indeed a consumeristic culture, the kind that too often turns people into commodities, and I believe Christians can speak into that culture in a unique, life - giving way — not only as it concerns sex - on - demand, but also as it concerns food - on - demand, celebrity - on - demand, stuff - on - demand, cheap - goods - on - demand, pornography - on - demand, entertainment - on - demand, comfort - on - demand, distraction - on - demand, information - on - demand, power - on - demand, energy - on - demand, and all those habits that tend to thrive at the expense of the dignity and value of our fellow human beings or our planet.

Seeing the lives and examples of the Christian saints; along with understanding the dignity of the human person and the intentions underlying its practices, Christian asceticism provides a clearer and more holistic view of the human person.

[1] The culture of death denies the fundamental dignity of the human person

These men and women have fought for the abolition of slavery (Wilberforce), established orphanages for abandoned children (Mueller), advanced civil rights for racial minorities (King), fought against HIV / AIDS (Koop), provided human touch, restored dignity, and shelter for the poor (Mother Teresa), created places of belonging and contribution for people with disabilities and special needs (Tada), and fought against the sex trade and human trafficking (Caine).

Moreover, in our time the language of universal human rights is the most available discourse for cross-cultural deliberation about the dignity of the human person.

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.

The inviolable dignity of the human person is derived from and directed to that which transcends the authority of the state.

Karl Marx, and others with a heart, felt the need for a revolutionary humanization of the system as inevitable and morally mandatory for the dignity and decency of the human person.

A third, a physician in New York City, praised the Catholic tradition for its emphasis on human dignity and social justice, but added: «I am troubled by the fact that I find greater acceptance of myself as a whole person in my professional community as a physician, than I do in the official hierarchy of the church of my family, my childhood, and my life.»

There is no doubt that work, an adequate standard of living, health care, food, clothing, housing, and education are all human goods that are, as the Declaration says, «indispensable for [a person's] dignity and the free development of his personality» (Article 22).

Martyrs testify to intoxicating love and «the inviolability of the moral order,» which includes the personal dignity of the human person.

One must make a reasoned decision about these truths, and in that sense the United Nations Charter and the Declaration reaffirm «faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, and in the equal rights of men and women.»

Since religious freedom is based on the inherent dignity of the human person there is no question of it permitting the treatment of individuals to be based on the view that some are of a lesser dignity than others.

While couched in different language, Catholic social teaching has much in common with this approach, in its overriding concern to safeguard the unique dignity of every human person, created in the image and likeness of God, and in its emphasis on the duty of civil authority to foster the common good.

[9] The Church's social vision, built on principles of justice, peace, freedom and solidarity, [10] presents, this writer would submit, values which serve much better if we want to uphold the dignity of the human person.

The area in which schools should have a very significant role to play (and where perhaps some Catholic schools currently underperform), is the promotion of a culture in which young people understand and engage with the Church's key teachings relating to sexuality and the inherent dignity of human life.

The great St John Paul said that religious freedom is «the basis of all other freedoms and is inseparably tied to them by reason of that very dignity which is the human person» (letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations, 1978).

• the capacity to reach objective and universal truth as well as valid metaphysical knowledge; • the unity of body and soul in man; • the dignity of the human person; • relations between nature and freedom; • the importance of natural law and of the «sources of morality,»... • and the necessary conformity of civil law to moral law.