title: Human dignity, humiliation, and torture.
abstract: Modern human rights instruments ground human rights in the concept of human dignity, without providing an underlying theory of human dignity. This paper examines the central importance of human dignity, understood as not humiliating people, in traditional Jewish ethics. It employs this conception of human dignity to examine and criticize U.S. use of humiliation tactics and torture in the interrogation of terrorism suspects.
authors.affiliation: Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Luban
mesh_terms: D028663:Ethical Theory; D006806:Human Rights / Q000523:psychology; D045809:Human Rights Abuses / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007599:Judaism; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology; D023481:Terrorism; D014104:Torture / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology; D014342:Truth Disclosure / Q000941:ethics*; D014481:United States