Godność człowieka i bioetyka
Abstract
Eighteenth-century declarations of human rights referred to
the Creator (the American Declaration of Independence), or the
Highest Being (the French Declaration of Human Rights) as their
guarantors. Progressing secularization of politics and culture
made the theoreticians of human rights turn to human dignity as
the value constituting the source of their being binding. Human
dignity may be justified in a religious way (man has a special
status, since he is created in God’s own image), or in a purely
rational way (the basis for a special position of man in the world
is his rationality and ability to choose freely). Therefore, human
dignity has become a universal value and may serve a point of
reference for supporters of various world views. Special importance
human dignity and his rights have nowadays in the system
of international law and in bioethics. The last one protects health
and life of individuals in the cases of medical interventions,
especially at the beginning and at the end of human life.
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