Dignity in the 21st Century: Middle East and West (Paperback, 2017)

The quest for dignity.- Dignity in the west.- Dignity's omnipresence.- A very short history of dignity.- Immanuel kant's concept of dignity.- Dignity in legal instruments.- Dignity in bioethics.- Disambiguating the main concepts of dignity.- What kind of concept is dignity? .- Is dignity a virtue?.- Is dignity an individual characteristic not covered by virtues? .- Is dignity intrinsic to human beings?.- Is dignity god-given? The example of christianity.- Testing and critiquing the taxonomy of dignity.- Dignity and vagueness.- Could dignity be replaced with respect for persons? .- A common core of dignity building blocks? .- Concluding on the dignity riddles.- Dignity in the middle east.-islam - A brief Overview of a world religion.- The prophet.- The koran and the hadiths.- Islam in everyday life.- Introduction to dignity in the koran.- Dignity and power.- Dignity and freedom.- How dignity becomes realisable.- Middle east and west - can common ground be found?.- Dignity - a fictional dialogue.