Jeremy Waldron (New York University (NYU) - School of Law) has posted Is Dignity the Foundation of Human Rights? on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
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The paper will consider the common claim that human rights are based on human dignity as a foundational value. I will make some criticisms of that idea, arguing instead that dignity is a status that comprises fundamental human rights rather than being a value that functions as a major premise of rights claims.
