«Dignitatis humanae personae magis in dies conscii». The Dignity of Person in Catholic Church Teaching and Legal Tradition
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Abstract
The paper retraces the main steps in the progressive recognition of the concept of human dignity in the teaching of the Catholich Church; then it examines the content of the principle from the catholic point of view and gives some examples of its implementation in canon law. Finally, it offers some food for thought regarding the possibility of a dialogue between catholic and secular conceptions of human dignity
Keywords
- Human dignity
- Catholic Church
- Canon law
- Christian faithful
