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“To Serve Right and to Fight Wrong": Why Religion, Human Rights, and Human Dignity Need Each Other
- Author(s):
- John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
- Date:
- 2015
- Subject(s):
- Religion, Catholic Church, Law
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- Pope Benedict XVI, Religion and Human Rights, Religious Freedom, Human Dignity, Second Vatican Council, Law and Religion, Catholicism
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/30tj-7745
- Abstract:
- Pope Benedict XVI argued convincingly that Christianity and other religious communities not only laid the foundations for modern human rights, but remain essential allies in the struggle for human rights for all. Theories of human dignity without religious mooring, claims of rights without reciprocal moral duties, and public deliberation without religious voices included are all impoverished, the Pope argued. Religion and human rights, in particular, need each other. This Article offers an appreciative review of the Pope’s arguments and then offers further arguments about the necessary interaction of religion and human rights.
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- Published as:
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Pub. Date:
- 2015
- Book Title:
- Pope Benedict XVI\\\'s Legal Speeches in Comparative Perspective
- Author/Editor:
- Marta Cartabia and Andrea Simoncini
- Page Range:
- 106 - 122
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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“To Serve Right and to Fight Wrong": Why Religion, Human Rights, and Human Dignity Need Each Other