What is the concept of human dignity derived from? Does it have its foundation in the emotions or in reason? Evident of a differentiation between a premoral, sittliche orientation in acting (differentiated in premoral goods, duties and virtues) and a moral orientation which is due to an external evaluating moral community. The author comes to the conclusion that human dignity finds its foundation in both the emotions and rationality. This has important implications for the task of a theological ethics in so far it is concerned with the concept of human dignity and its enforcement.

Enthalten in:
Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik; 2006/1 Kommentare, Studien, Berichte, Dokumentationen, Diskussionen, Rezensionen, Bibliographie (2006)

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Serie / Reihe: Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik

Personen: Fischer, Johannes

Schlagwörter: Emotion Rationalität Menschenwürde