scholarly journals Discriminatory Practices in School Environment and Their Elimination Through School Mediation in Slovakia

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 62-72
Author(s):  
Katarína Vanková
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Peer Mediation ◽  
Self Control ◽  
School Life ◽  
Conflict Situations ◽  
The Way

Teaching about human rights and freedoms means teaching about human dignity, tolerance between people, acceptance of people as they are, justice, equality, self-control, and self-assertiveness. Not to allow unfairness, deception, injustice, inequality, the humiliation of oneself and others. Tolerance in the school environment includes the acceptance of different views, different behaviors, a different relationship, but also toleration and patience in relation to others. A pupil who is unable to cope with conflicts is unable to adapt to changes and risks his own decline. The main problem is not that there are conflicts between us, but in the way how we respond to them, how we can deal with them, and what we do to prevent them, or what we do to successfully resolve them. Conflicts in the school environment are a natural part of school life, indicating, in particular, the presence of differences. Conflict resolution through school mediation represents the ability to not only perceive, understand but particularly respond to and resolve conflict situations with the help of a third neutral person. School and peer mediation can be a way how to teach pupils to develop strong friendships, even in an environment of diversity and differences; it can be a preparation for inclusive educational system.

Liberdade e Direitos Humanos no Pensamento de Richard Price

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
pp. 119-145
Author(s):  
José Gomes André ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Expression ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way

This paper is concerned with the political philosophy of Richard Price, analysing the way this author has developed the concept of liberty and the problem of human rights. The theme of liberty will be interpreted in a double perspective: a) in a private dimension, that sets liberty in the inner side of the individual; b) in a public dimension, that places it in the domain of a manifest action of the individual. We will try to show how this double outlook of liberty is conceived under the optics of a necessary complementarity, since liberty, which is primarily understood as a feature of the subject taken as an individual, acquires only a full meaning when she becomes efective in a comunitary field, as a social and political expression. The concept of human rights will appear located in this analysis, being defined simultaneously as condition and expression of the human dignity and happiness, at the same time natural attributes of an individual that should be cultivated and public effectiveness that contributes to the development of society.

scholarly journals Prawa i godność człowieka we współczesnej bioetyce

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-212
Author(s):  
Wojciech Bołoz
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Ethical Code ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Application Of Law ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The World ◽  
Independent Life ◽  
The Way

In contemporary bioethics dominate two trends dealing with two basic ethical solutions. First of them is utilitarianism concerning utility as a criterion of judging between what is right and what is wrong. The second trend applies to human rights and human dignity, which are to be obeyed without any exceptions. Utilitarianism protects the strong and prosperous people in society and excludes those who are weak and not capable of independent life. The concept of human dignity protects each and every human being including the weakest ones. It is therefore characterized by real humanitarianism. In addition, it has one more outstanding virtue; in the contemporary world, it is the most widespread and understandable ethical code. It enables people of different civilizations to communicate with understandable ethical language. In the world constantly undergoing global processes, it is a great value. Although there are a number of discussions concerning the way of understanding human dignity and human rights, their universal and ethical meaning; there are certain international acts of law concerning biomedicine that support the concept of human dignity as the most adequate concept for the contemporary bioethics. As an example, the European Convention on Bioethics can be taken. The article includes the most significant topics concerning understanding, history, and application of law and human dignity in bioethics.

The Greengrocer and Compassion in Time of War

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-314
Author(s):  
James F. Pontuso
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Personal Reflection ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Normal Life ◽  
Marxist Ideology ◽  
The Way

This is a personal reflection on the effects of The Power of the Powerless on students living in post-tyrannical societies—the Czech Republic in 1993 and Iraq in 2010. Czech students read the essay as an indictment of Marxist ideology, one-party rule, bureaucratic stagnation, and their former educational system. Havel was a symbol of resistance, human rights, and courage. Iraqi students found a different lesson. The Power of the Powerless does not excuse tyranny, but it does explain the way people trying to live a normal life rationalize their compliance with repression. Havel’s essay made Iraqi students comprehend how complicated choices are under difficult circumstances. Perhaps, as its author intended, the essay proved upon reflection to be a source of compassion.

Moral Obligations, or Why We Should Help People Even If We Don’t Like Them

No Refuge ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 50-75
Author(s):  
Serena Parekh
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Moral Obligation ◽  
Moral Obligations ◽  
Liberal Democracies ◽  
Moral Perspective ◽  
Philosophy And Religion ◽  
The Way

This chapter argues that Western liberal democracies have a moral obligation to rethink the way that refugees are treated during their displacement and to ensure they have access to the minimum conditions of human dignity. Yet many people find the language of morality uncomfortable or inappropriate when it comes to refugees. Others deny that morality is real and makes legitimate demands on us. This chapter responds to these concerns and gives an overview of the concept of a moral obligation by looking at its roots in philosophy and religion. The chapter examines the consequentialist, Kantian, religious, and human rights grounds for morality in order to demonstrate why a moral perspective is fundamental to addressing the crisis that refugees experience. This chapter makes clear that morality is not merely personal but can and must be extended globally. Countries must take their moral obligations to refugees seriously.

scholarly journals Obtaining Educational Rights: Contemporary Views and Challenges of the Bulgarian Woman

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-70
Author(s):  
Petrana Stoykova
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Educational System ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
School Life ◽  
The Public ◽  
Unrestricted Access ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Right

The importance of the Bulgarian woman in the public space from the Renaissance to nowadays is presented in the article. The woman was restricted to participate actively in the Christian world and school life during the Renaissance. She received equal rights to men in the public sphere only after 1944. The socialistic development in Bulgaria during the period from 1944 to 1989 had a great significance to the enlightenment of the whole Bulgarian nation, which also provided an unrestricted access of the women to the educational system. The development of the Bulgarian education has been marked by reverse process after the democratic changes. The „total crisis“ of the Bulgarian society leads to a significant shortage in the educational system. In comparison to the previous socialist period, lower indicators in overall population literacy can been observed. Gender inequalities in education are being fairly reduced. Bulgarian wоmеn have gradually conquered school environment and are being engaged in educational causes more often compared to men. However, in the contemporary Bulgarian society, the right to education continues to be a challenge in respect of various social groups.

Human Dignity and the Ethics and Regulation of Technology

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Düwell
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Normative Concept ◽  
Human Rights Regime ◽  
The Way

This chapter investigates how human dignity might be understood as a normative concept for the regulation of technologies. First, various distinctions that are relevant for the way human dignity can be understood are discussed. It is argued that it is particularly important that we should see human dignity as a concept that ascribes a specific status that forms the basis of the human rights regimes. Second, the author’s own approach, inspired by Kant and Gewirth, is presented, it being proposed that we should see the concrete content of human dignity as the protection of the authority of human beings to govern their own lives. Third, various consequences for the evaluation of technologies are discussed. In a context of major global and ecological challenges, together with the replacement of human action by automation, the role of human dignity becomes one of guiding the development of a technology-responsive human rights regime.

scholarly journals Kant’s contribution to the philosophy of human rights

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Milene Consenso Tonetto
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
The Way

In this paper I present some comments on Caranti’s book Kant’s Political Legacy, mainly on his approach to the foundations of human rights. I raise some questions on the way Caranti links Kant’s humanity principle, autonomy, human dignity, and the derivation of human rights. Besides that, I try to assess Kant’s true contributions to the philosophy of human rights by exploring questions on their nature and foundations. Neste artigo, apresento alguns comentários sobre o livro Kant’s Political Legacy de Luigi Caranti, principalmente a sua abordagem sobre os fundamentos dos direitos humanos. Levanto algumas questões sobre a maneira como Caranti liga o princípio de humanidade de Kant, a autonomia, a dignidade humana e a derivação de direitos humanos. Além disso, tento avaliar as efetivas contribuições de Kant para a filosofia dos direitos humanos, explorando algumas questões sobre sua natureza e fundamentação.

HOW LAW PROTECTS DIGNITY

2012 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Waldron
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Good Sense ◽  
The Way

AbstractOne way in which law protects dignity is by enforcing human rights provisions that explicitly prohibit degradation. But, as Lon Fuller and others have observed, law's connection with dignity is also deeper and more pervasive than this. In the way that its requirements are presented, in its procedures, in its sponsorship of argumentation, in treating people as equals, even in the distinctive way in which it makes use of coercion, law treats humans as dignified agents, capable of self-control, with a good sense of their own interests, and an ability to respond intelligently to its demands.

The New Basic Laws on Human Rights: A Mini-Revolution in Israeli Constitutional Law?

1996 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Kretzmer
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Judicial Review ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
Judicial Interpretation ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Human Rights Treaties ◽  
Proportionality Test ◽  
The Way

In 1992 the Israeli Knesset enacted the Basic Law: Freedom of Occupation and the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Freedom. These basic laws, as chapters in Israel's emerging formal Constitution, have opened the way for judicial review of parliamentary legislation that violates human rights. Opposition from some political quarters prevented inclusion in the basic laws of some rights protected under modern constitutions and human rights treaties. However, the rights protected include ‘human dignity’, a term that can be broadened by judicial interpretation so as to include violations of rights not specifically mentioned in the basic laws. The basic laws lay down a balancing test for deciding whether restrictions on protected rights are legitimate. All restrictions must be prescribed by a law that befits Israel as a Jewish and democratic State, that was enacted for a worthy purpose and that meets the proportionality test.

A Commitment Sustained

Worldview ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 21 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 11-12
Author(s):  
Patricia Derian
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Economic Opportunity ◽  
Personal Commitment ◽  
International Obligations ◽  
Fundamental Objective ◽  
The Way ◽  
At Home

AbstractEnhancing respect for human rights and human dignity is a fundamental objective of U.S. foreign policy. It is an objective based on our laws, our international obligations, and on the strong personal commitment of President Carter. The human rights policy, after a year, already has changed the way this country is seen by others, placing us more and more frequently, as President Carter has said, “with the tortured and the unjustifiably imprisoned, and with those that have been silenced.”We have done that, and more. No government today doubts that this nation stands for the same ideals and values abroad that we assert at home. We freely acknowledge our own internal flaws and readily admit that there is much to do to assure full equality with economic opportunity for all our citizens.

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