Plato's Conception of Justice and the Question of Human Dignity

ISBN-13: 9783631659700 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 298 str.

Marek Piechowiak

Opis

In this first comprehensive study of Plato's conception of justice, apprehension of human dignity plays a crucial role for understanding an individual in relation to 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 a fundamental value in law and Plato on dignity in the Timaeus - The Republic as a dialogue on the individual and justice in the model of the state as a phantom of justice - Justice and freedom - Equality and friendship as an aim of law - An individual as an object of love - Just actions over contemplation - The story of community of wives and testing wisdom and courage of readers of the Republic

O autorze

Marek Piechowiak habilitated in philosophy and is a professor of legal sciences. His scholarly work concerns primarily the philosophical foundations of international and constitutional protection of human rights, including in a historical perspective. His current research focuses on legal and philosophical conceptions of dignity. He works in the SWPS University Law School.