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

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dc.abstract.enThis book is the first comprehensive study of Plato’s conception of justice. The universality of human rights and human dignity—recognized as the source of the former—are among the crucial philosophical problems in modern-day legal orders and in contemporary culture in general. If dignity is genuinely universal, then human beings also possessed it in ancient times. Plato not only perceived human dignity, but a recognition of dignity is also visible in his conception of justice, which forms the core of his philosophy. Plato’s Republic is consistently interpreted in the book as a treatise on justice, relating to the individual and not the state. The famous myth of the cave is a story about education taking place in the world here and now. The best activity is not contemplation but acting for the benefit of others. Not ideas but individuals are the proper objects of love. Plato’s philosophy may provide foundations for modern-day human rights protection rather than for totalitarian orders.
dc.affiliationInstytut Prawa
dc.contributor.authorMarek Piechowiak
dc.date.access2024-10-15
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-15T14:24:36Z
dc.date.available2024-10-15T14:24:36Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.accesstimeafter_publication
dc.description.edition2
dc.description.grantnumberDEC-2013/09/B/HS5/04232
dc.description.granttitlePlatona koncepcja sprawiedliwości w perspektywie współczesnego ugruntowania prawa w godności człowieka
dc.description.seriesPhilosophy and Cultural Studies Revisited / Historisch-genetische Studien zur Philosophie und Kulturgeschichte
dc.description.seriesnumber8
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.identifier.doi10.3726/b18092
dc.identifier.isbn9783631848418
dc.identifier.isbn9783631845448
dc.identifier.isbn9783631848425
dc.identifier.isbn9783631845240
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/956
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationnauki prawne
dc.pubinfoBerlin
dc.publisherPeter Lang Publishing Group
dc.publisher.ministerialPeter Lang Publishing Group
dc.relation.pages302
dc.rightsClosedAccess
dc.rights.explanationksiążka płatna
dc.rights.questionNo_rights
dc.share.monoOTHER
dc.subject.enancient philosophy
dc.subject.enhuman person
dc.subject.enPlato’s state
dc.subject.enPlato’s Republic
dc.subject.enhuman rights
dc.subject.enlaw
dc.swps.sciencecloudnosend
dc.titlePlato’s Conception of Justice and the Question of Human Dignity
dc.typeMonography
dspace.entity.typeBook