Human Dignity and Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18800/iusteveritas.201701.015

Keywords:

Human Dignity, Disability, Capacity to Act, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Categorical Imperative, Principle of Equality

Abstract

In this article, the author analyzes the impact of the Kantian concept of human dignity in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Likewise, the author elaborates a critique of the principle which argues that persons with disabilities’ individual autonomy and capacity to make decisions must be respected, regardless of the particular circumstances of the case, and finally proposes an interpretation of this principle based on the principle of equality.

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Author Biography

  • Manuel Atienza Rodríguez, University of Alicante

    Abogado por la Universidad de Oviedo, España. Doctor en Derecho por la misma universidad. Catedrático de Filosofía del
    Derecho en la Universidad de Alicante. Director de la revista Doxa-Cuadernos de Filosofía y del Posgrado en Argumentación
    Jurídica de la Universidad de Alicante. Correo electrónico: manuel.atienza@ua.es

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Published

2016-04-07

Issue

No. 53 (2016)

Section

Sección Especial

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How to Cite

Human Dignity and Rights of Persons with Disabilities. (2016). IUS ET VERITAS, 24(53), 262-266. https://doi.org/10.18800/iusteveritas.201701.015