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Fortunately, to be a commentator on a lecture does not entail that one disagrees with it! I heartily endorse a great deal of what Jonathan has argued for in this lecture; and I cannot think of a more timely moment to speak up for respect for human dignity in an absolute opposition to humiliation, when In the USA and in the UK political leaders have used public humiliation of minority groups as a way of gaining power, and such denial of basic human rights has seemingly become acceptable to large section of the population.
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Campbell, A.V. (2024). Commentary on “Two Concepts of Dignity”. In: Li, HL. (eds) Lanson Lectures in Bioethics (2016-2022). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42052-8_3
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