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Dignity

Author : Donna Hicks

Publisher : Yale University Press

Page : 245 pages

File Size : 45,94 MB

Release : 2021-09-14

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 030026142X

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A noted conflict-resolution expert explores dignity, its role in human conflict, and its power to improve relationships Drawing on her extensive experience in international conflict resolution and on insights from evolutionary biology, psychology, and neuroscience, Donna Hicks explains what the elements of dignity are, how to recognize dignity violations, how to respond when we are not treated with dignity, how dignity can restore a broken relationship, why leaders must understand the concept of dignity, and more. By choosing dignity as a way of life, Hicks shows, we open the way to greater peace within ourselves and to a safer and more humane world for all. For the Tenth Anniversary Edition of Dignity, Hicks has written a new preface that reflects on her experience helping communities and individuals understand the power of dignity and how it can lead to a more peaceful world. "Anyone who understands the importance of personal feelings and their fuel for conflict should consider Dignity as a powerful advisory and motivational guide."--Midwest Book Review Winner of the 2012 Educator's Award, given by the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International.



Dignity

Author : Chris Arnade

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 306 pages

File Size : 39,35 MB

Release : 2019-06-04

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0525534733

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A profound book.... It will break your heart but also leave you with hope." —J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy "[A] deeply empathetic book." —The Economist With stark photo essays and unforgettable true stories, Chris Arnade cuts through "expert" pontification on inequality, addiction, and poverty to allow those who have been left behind to define themselves on their own terms. After abandoning his Wall Street career, Chris Arnade decided to document poverty and addiction in the Bronx. He began interviewing, photographing, and becoming close friends with homeless addicts, and spent hours in drug dens and McDonald's. Then he started driving across America to see how the rest of the country compared. He found the same types of stories everywhere, across lines of race, ethnicity, religion, and geography. The people he got to know, from Alabama and California to Maine and Nevada, gave Arnade a new respect for the dignity and resilience of what he calls America's Back Row--those who lack the credentials and advantages of the so-called meritocratic upper class. The strivers in the Front Row, with their advanced degrees and upward mobility, see the Back Row's values as worthless. They scorn anyone who stays in a dying town or city as foolish, and mock anyone who clings to religion or tradition as naïve. As Takeesha, a woman in the Bronx, told Arnade, she wants to be seen she sees herself: "a prostitute, a mother of six, and a child of God." This book is his attempt to help the rest of us truly see, hear, and respect millions of people who've been left behind.



In Search of Gentle Death

Author : Richard N. Côté

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 27,46 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Assisted suicide

ISBN : 9781929175369

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Death is inevitable. But bad deaths-- accompanied by unnecessarily prolonged pain and suffering, often aggravated by immensely costly and frequently futile medical treatments-- can be avoided. This book offers clear and valuable examples of how, through frank communication with caregivers and loved ones and the use of Advance Medical Directives such as living wills, those who are facing the possibility of death in the foreseeable future, and those who help them cope, can greatly minimize or eliminate end-of-life turmoil, family dissension, and pain.



A Dignity of Dragons

Author : Jacqueline K. Ogburn

Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Page : 36 pages

File Size : 29,79 MB

Release : 2010

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 9780618862542

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From "a flurry of yetis" to "a splash of mermaids," this book is a clever twist on the well-loved bestiary.



Dignity at Work

Author : Randy Hodson

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 340 pages

File Size : 30,89 MB

Release : 2001-09-10

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780521778121

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Human dignity, the ability to establish a sense of self-worth and self-respect and to enjoy the respect of others, is necessary for a fully realized life. Working with dignity is a fundamental part of achieving a life well-lived, yet the workplace often poses challenging obstacles because of mismanagement or managerial abuse. Defending dignity and realizing self-respect through work are key to workers' well-being; insuring the dignity of employees is equally important for organizations as they attempt to make effective use of their human capital. In this book Randy Hodson, a sociologist of work and organizational behavior, applies ethnographic and statistical approaches to this topic, offering both a richly detailed, inside look at real examples of dignity in action, and a broader analysis of the pivotal role of dignity at work.



Dignity

Author : Remy Debes

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 437 pages

File Size : 11,83 MB

Release : 2017-06-01

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 0190677546

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In everything from philosophical ethics to legal argument to public activism, it has become commonplace to appeal to the idea of human dignity. In such contexts, the concept of dignity typically signifies something like the fundamental moral status belonging to all humans. Remarkably, however, it is only in the last century that this meaning of the term has become standardized. Before this, dignity was instead a concept associated with social status. Unfortunately, this transformation remains something of a mystery in existing scholarship. Exactly when and why did "dignity" change its meaning? And before this change, was it truly the case that we lacked a conception of human worth akin to the one that "dignity" now represents? In this volume, leading scholars across a range of disciplines attempt to answer such questions by clarifying the presently murky history of "dignity," from classical Greek thought through the Middle Ages and Enlightenment to the present day.



In Search of Dignity

Author : William Anthony

Publisher : iUniverse

Page : 346 pages

File Size : 49,73 MB

Release : 2001-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0595181430

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Randy, Obediah, and Barney all endured humiliation and degradation in different parts of two continents, as they spend many years trying to rid themselves of their feelings of shame they had borne in their past. All three of the men are married to women of integrity whose selfless encouragement enlivens them to find a way to live a life of dignity. Destiny intervenes and brings them together as they all seek a common shelter from a South Dakota blizzard. Each of the three men find themselves willing to discuss with total strangers, as they wait for the terrible blizzard to end, their hopes, ambitions, goals and loves as each receives motivation and inspiration from the others. Many people feel these men would have surely been signers of Our Declaration of Independence or of the American Constitution if they had only been at the right place at the right time. Instead they were a catalyst to building a new society and culture in a developing country which needed honesty, integrity, and love of liberty for a basis of living.



A Defense of Dignity

Author : Christopher Robert Kaczor

Publisher : Notre Dame Studies in Medical

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 24,73 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9780268033262

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A Defense of Dignity argues that all human beings should be treated with respect and considers how this belief should be applied in controversial cases.



When Dignity Came to Harlan

Author : Rebecca Duvall Scott

Publisher : Emerge Publishing Group, LLC

Page : 242 pages

File Size : 33,96 MB

Release : 2020-12-17

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9781949758962

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From bestselling and Amazon Top 10 Hot New Release author, Rebecca Duvall Scott, comes the first Christian historical fiction novel in the Dignity Series, When Dignity Came to Harlan. I made up my mind right then and there that I would just have to wade into this move like wading into a pond or lake I'd never seen before - slow and steady, feeling around for my footing and trying to avoid the sharp edges at the bottom that you never see coming. *** News of what really happened to me - to us - spread through town like wildfire. It caught from one dry gossip tree to another and burned them to the ground with shame. *** "Y'can do this, child - show 'em why I call y'Dignity," my old friend winked at me. Skillfully written and sure to draw you in to its pages, When Dignity Came to Harlan is set in the early 1900s and follows twelve-year-old Anna Beth Atwood as she leaves Missouri with her family dreaming of a better life in the coal-rich mountains of Harlan County, Kentucky. Anna Beth's parents lose everything on the trip, however, and upon asking strangers to take their girls in until they get on their feet, Anna Beth and her baby sister are dropped into the home of Jack and Grace Grainger - who have plenty of problems of their own. Anna Beth suffers several hardships during her time in Harlan, and if it wasn't for her humble and wise old friend who peddles his wisdom along with his wares, all would be lost. Based on a true family history, this is a story of heartbreak and hope, challenges and perseverance, good and evil, justice and merciful redemption. It exemplifies the human experience in all its many facets and shows what it means to have real grit. Take the journey with us and see how, with the unseen hand of God, one girl changed the heart and soul of an entire town.



Quest for Dignity

Author : Baljinder Sharma

Publisher : Notion Press

Page : 221 pages

File Size : 44,63 MB

Release : 2022-01-12

Category : Social Science

ISBN :

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Everything we hold sacred—morality, ethics, self-respect, truth, fairness, justice, equality, progress and dignity—stands violated in the presence of widespread poverty and deprivation. Why is it that our brilliant inventors, brightest entrepreneurs, cleverest businessmen, and most savvy political leaders, who can successfully build inexpensive rockets to take us to space and construct lengthy bridges across dangerous rivers, cannot eliminate poverty in their neighborhoods? Unless, of course, poverty is an acceptable byproduct of our economic progress. But this book is not about poverty. It is about dignity. It is about the deceptively simple idea that a basic income that enables payment of essential needs such as food, shelter, and decent clothing can eliminate the stigma of targeted welfare and restore dignity to people impoverished by the damaging consequences of an unfair social, economic and political system. It is about constructing a newer, more equitable and happier society. This book makes the case that every citizen over the age of 18 deserves a monthly living allowance to pay for basic needs - such as food, shelter, and decent clothing, not as a matter of charity but as a legitimate share of the national wealth, they help create.