O ser humano: dimensão ética e direito à dignidade

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Abstract

The ethical dimension is revealed in living our lives with others: I recognise myself as a person before the personal ‘you’ of others. From this interpersonal encounter, we may seek to understand the regular appeal to ‘human dignity’. More than an argument, it is a matter of exhortation. Recalling the parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10, 29-37) the opening question is inverted – it is not a question of knowing who has a right to our help or our love; it is one of understanding ‘how’ and ‘for whom’ we are in a position to do some good – we discover that it is love that makes us creators of proximity.
Original languagePortuguese
Pages (from-to)257-265
Number of pages9
JournalDidaskalia
Volume38
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2008

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