Dignity and Human Rights in the West and South Asia

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According to the passage, what did the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights enshrine in its preamble?

  • Recognition of the particularistic principle of hierarchy
  • Recognition of the Christian understanding of dignity
  • Recognition of the inherent dignity and rights of all humans (correct)
  • Recognition of the virtue of dignity as a reward for virtue

In the pre-modern world, how was dignity viewed?

  • As a Christian understanding of inherent and universal dignity
  • As an attribute of the few, not an inherent feature of all humans (correct)
  • As a universal principle of equality
  • As a virtue or reward of virtue

What term is conventionally translated as 'dignity' in both old and modern Hebrew?

  • Honor
  • Glory
  • Kavod (correct)
  • Respect

Who is associated with the account of human dignity that is very similar to that of the Universal Declaration?

<p>Immanuel Kant (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what way does Immanuel Kant's conception of human dignity differ from the Universal Declaration?

<p>It is more comprehensive (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of dignity according to Christianity?

<p>Inherent and in some important sense universal (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Kantian conception, where does the achieved moral status of humans come from?

<p>Social and political status (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the West prior to the Enlightenment, who was the exercise of the right to a full measure of dignity and self-determination restricted to in Ancient Greece?

<p>Male citizens of the elites (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the modern notion of dignity underscore, according to the text?

<p>Equal dignity for all human beings (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Confucianism, how do humans relate to 'heaven-and-earth'?

<p>As inescapable parts (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the role of Confucian doctrine, scholars, and bureaucrats in Chinese society?

<p>Leading forces for democratization (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was increasingly burdening China in the late nineteenth century according to the text?

<p>Increasingly oppressive trade regulations (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In Rome, who was the exercise of the right to a full measure of dignity and self-determination restricted to?

<p>Male members of the upper orders (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the Confucian tradition concerned with understanding according to the text?

<p>The natural principles, rules, and rites of well-ordered human communities (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was restricted in medieval Europe according to the text?

<p>Male members of the nobility (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In Ancient Greece, who was excluded from exercising the right to a full measure of dignity and self-determination?

<p>Slave (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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