The concept of human dignity is nowadays challenged by new problems and questions stemming from the bioethical debate. After the formal inclusion of this prin- ciple in the post-WWII Constitutions, the need to re-open the discussion on both the meaning and the limits of human dignity has been urged by the scientific and medical progress. The article underlines the development of “human dignity”, from its Chris- tian origins to its philosophical and historical studies. Starting from this unavoidable premise and through the looking glass offered by some leading cases concerning em- bryos’ rights, this paper aims at analyzing the new challenges that the Constitutional- ism and the concept of human dignity are increasingly called to tackle.
La dignità umana, inesauribile fonte di suggestioni per il costituzionalismo / L. Violini. - In: BIOLAW JOURNAL. - ISSN 2284-4503. - 2019:Suppl. 2(2019), pp. 25.83-25.94. [10.15168/2284-4503-459]
La dignità umana, inesauribile fonte di suggestioni per il costituzionalismo
L. Violini
2019
Abstract
The concept of human dignity is nowadays challenged by new problems and questions stemming from the bioethical debate. After the formal inclusion of this prin- ciple in the post-WWII Constitutions, the need to re-open the discussion on both the meaning and the limits of human dignity has been urged by the scientific and medical progress. The article underlines the development of “human dignity”, from its Chris- tian origins to its philosophical and historical studies. Starting from this unavoidable premise and through the looking glass offered by some leading cases concerning em- bryos’ rights, this paper aims at analyzing the new challenges that the Constitutional- ism and the concept of human dignity are increasingly called to tackle.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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