Dignity Is Distinct From Respect: How Treating Others With Dignity Entails Accounting for Their Self-Conscious Emotions.
Dignity is prominently endorsed in health care, organizations, and law. However, humanities research casts doubt over the utility of this concept, disputing that "dignity" captures any unique ethical value distinguishable from "respect". Here, we test a recent proposal that dignity entails special r...
| Publicado en: | Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin Vol. 52; no. 6; pp. 1563 - 1579 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jun2026
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