Filozofska istraživanja, Vol. 31 No. 4, 2011.
Original scientific paper
Human Dignity between Legal-Dogmatic and Philosophical Demands. Meaning, Presuppositions, and Implications of Dürig’s Understanding of Human Dignity
Duška Franeta
orcid.org/0000-0003-0996-8205
; Faculty of Legal and Business Studies Dr. Lazar Vrkatić, Novi Sad, Serbia
Abstract
This paper analyses the understanding of human dignity as conceived by Günter Dürig, German legal theorist. For decades his interpretation has had a strong influence on the German legal theory and constitutional practice, and even with the emergence of a rival interpretation in the framework of “Maunz-Dürig” by the beginning of the new millennium, Dürig’s solutions have not been forgotten. The paper develops key points, important philosophical presuppositions and implications of Dürig’s interpretation of dignity. At the same time, his understanding of the meaning and status of human dignity in law is problematized, together with the relationship of dignity and human rights, subjects of dignity, the relationship between honour, reputation and dignity, his idea of personal ethics, “object-formulas”, as well as the relationship between dignity and freedom.
Keywords
human dignity; Günter Dürig; basic law; object-formula; freedom
Hrčak ID:
82496
URI
Publication date:
21.3.2012.
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