On Human Dignity

FAIN: AQ-50062-09

Earlham College (Richmond, IN 47374-4095)
Vincent A. Punzo (Project Director: November 2008 to May 2017)

The development of a freshman-level seminar on notions of human dignity in fiction, non-fiction, and philosophy.

The purpose of this course will be to provide students an opportunity to engage in readings and discussions exploring the meaning, value, significance, and utility of the notion of human dignity. The course will focus on both the lived experience of human dignity as well as philosophical and psychological issues that are raised by the notion of inherent human dignity.