ORUMO SAMPRATA IR ORUMO APSAUGOS BEI UGDYMO YPATUMAI DEMOKRATINĖJE VISUOMENĖJE
The Concept of Dignity and Peculiarities of its Preservation and Cultivation in Democratic Society

Summary/Abstract: The concept of dignity is a socio-ethical category, closely connected with the most essential and profound problem of human existence. That is why in the course of history thinkers were permanently occupied in the explication of its content. Kant constituted a new concept of morality which inspired a new interpretation of dignity, according to which human dignity was autonomous, independent of external factors and self-legislative. Kant's ideas concerning human dignity play a significant role in the contemporary understanding of personal dignity and democracy. Contemporary psychology makes attempts to ascertain mechanisms and methods by means of which a dignified person could be educated. These attempts and their results are very important for contemporary educational theory and practice.

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