Human Dignity: A Major Concept in Ethics?

Human Dignity: A Major Concept in Ethics? International Symposium, 24 October 2014 Tübingen (Germany)

The IZEW organizes the international symposium Human Dignity: A Major Concept in Ethics? on the occasion of the publication of the Cambridge Handbook of Human Dignity

10:15-10:30     
Urban Wiesing (Tübingen)
Address of Welcome

10:30-11:30     
Dietmar Mieth (Tübingen)
Religious History of Human Dignity

11:30-11:45      
Break

11:45-12:45     
Roger Brownsword (London)
Developing a Modern Understanding of Human Dignity

12:45-14:15      
Lunch

14:15-15:15      
Maureen Junker-Kenny (Dublin)
Dignity as the Capability to be Moral both as Wish and as Imperative

15:15-15:30      
Break

15:30-16:30       
Ruth Macklin (New York)
Rethinking the Concept of Dignity

16:30-16:45       
Break

16:45-17:45      
Marcus Düwell (Utrecht)
The Future of Human Dignity

Venue: Tübingen, Schloss Hohentübingen, Fürstenzimmer

Registration: Participation in the symposium is free of charge. Due to limited space, we kindly ask you to register in advance: [email protected] 

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