Dignity as honour-wound: an experiential and relational view

Kathleen Galvin; Les Todres

doi:10.1111/jep.12278

Dignity as honour-wound: an experiential and relational view

Kathleen Galvin, Les Todres

University of Brighton

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Abstract

In this paper, we draw on a phenomenological–philosophical foundation to clarify the meaning of dignity as a coherent phenomenon. Consistent with an evocation of its central meanings, we then introduce and delineate seven kinds of dignity that are intertwined and interrelated.We illustrate how these kinds of dignity can provide a useful template to think about its qualities, its ‘rupture’ and its ‘restoration’ in human life, particularly in relation to health and social care contexts. We then consider the implications of these relational and experiential views for current debates about the notion of dignity: Is dignity a useless concept? Is dignity objective or subjective? What are the useful ways of characterizing different varieties of dignity? We conclude by pointing to a metaphor that may hold the sense and meaning of our deepest human dignity: The gathering of both value and vulnerability, in which human value does not depend on the eradication of human vulnerability, but occurs within its very context.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	410-418
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.12278
Publication status	Published - 30 Jun 2015

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© 2014 The Authors. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.

Keywords

caring
caring science
dignity
ethics of care
existential theory
health
Heidegger
Husserl
lifeworld
medical humanities
phenomenology
philosophy
wellbeing

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- School of Education, Sport and Health - Professor of Nursing Practice
- Centre for Arts and Wellbeing
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