Plato's Conception of Justice and the Question of Human Dignity: Second Edition, Revised and Extended

ISBN-13: 9783631845240 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 302 str.

Marek Piechowiak

Opis

In this first comprehensive study of Plato's conception of justice, the recognition of human dignity plays a crucial role for understanding the individual in relation to the law and state. Plato's philosophy turns out to provide foundations for modern-day human rights protection rather than for totalitarian approaches.

Spis treści

Dignity as the fundamental value in law - Plato on dignity in Timaeus - The Republic on the individual and justice in the model of the state as a phantom of justice - Justice and freedom - Equality and friendship as the aim of law - The individual as the object of love - Just actions over contemplation.

O autorze

Marek Piechowiak habilitated in philosophy and is a professor of legal sciences. His scholarly work primarily concerns the philosophical foundations of international and constitutional protection of human rights, including in the historical perspective. He works in the Institute of Law at the SWPS University.