Human dignity

Project

Kant's alternatives formulation of the categorical imperative:

Do not treat others as a means to your purposes, but as ends in themselves.

Do not use others for your own benefit.

is a perfect starting point for researching  two important and closely related contemporary ethical issues:

• Human dignity

  • • Read the Preamble of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and find in there enlightened ideas.

    • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an attempt to define human dignity. Can you provide a definition of human dignity?

    • Try to reason in favor of articles 1 and 2 using Kant's theory.

    • Locate at least four other articles that can be easily defended using Kant's theory. Explain how Kant's categorical imperative works in each case.

• Human exploitation

  • • Can you define what is human exploitation in general? 

    • Can you distinguish between fair working conditions and exploitation?

    • Can you illustrate contemporary human exploitation with concrete examples?

    • Do you find yourself been an exploiter on some occasions? How to avoid been an exploiter?

Make a project presentation addressing all the questions asked above after seen the documentaries about the textile industry.

Human exploitation: the case of the textile industry

Salvados - 21.02.2016 (Fashion victims)

Another documentary about exploitation in the textile industry: