Criminalizing Behaviour to Protect Human Dignity

Hörnle, Tatjana

doi:10.1007/s11572-012-9177-6

Item

ITEM ACTIONSEXPORT

Add to Basket

Local TagsRelease HistoryDetailsSummary

Released

Journal Article

Criminalizing Behaviour to Protect Human Dignity

MPS-Authors

There are no MPG-Authors in the publication available

External Resource

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-012-9177-6
(Any fulltext)

Fulltext (restricted access)

There are currently no full texts shared for your IP range.

Fulltext (public)

There are no public fulltexts stored in PuRe

Supplementary Material (public)

There is no public supplementary material available

Citation

Hörnle, T. (2012). Criminalizing Behaviour to Protect Human Dignity. Criminal Law and Philosophy, 6(3), 307-325. doi:10.1007/s11572-012-9177-6.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0003-9722-C

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to discuss the criminalization of conduct based on human dignity arguments. It proposes a modest version of integrating human dignity into discussions about criminalization. After a critical examination of both the notion of “human dignity as an objective value” and the assumption that the meaning of human dignity can be explained by referring to Kant’s moral philosophy, human dignity violations are characterized as severe humiliations.