“人的尊严”思想的法律意蕴

“人的尊严”是二战以来许多重要的法律文件所确认的重要价值。“人的尊严”的观念发端于宗教改革与文艺复兴运动,而在康德的笔下形成成熟的理论体系。在法律上,“人的尊严”成为法律制度的指导思想和出发点,是个人确保其自由、独立身份的护身符,也体现了人的权利、义务、责任的统一。由“人的尊严”思想可以衍生出法的主体性原理。

The Legal Signification of "Human Dignity"

Human dignity has been an important word in international legal files since the World War II. The concept of human dignity could be traced down to the Religious Reform and the Renaissance and was systemized into a perfect theory by Kant. Being the ideology and starting point of legal systems, human dignity safeguards the individual liberty, helps to proclaim independence and integrates the rights with duties and responsibilities. Human dignity also results in the subjective principle of law.