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1、10HumanRights,HumanDignity,and PowerPabloGilabertI.IntroductionThischapterexplorestheconnectionsbetweenhumanrights,humandignity,andpower.Theideaofhumandignityisomnipresentinhumanrightsdiscourse,butitsmeaningandpointisnotalwaysclear.Itisstandardlyusedintwowa
2、ys,toreferto(a) anormativestatusofpersonsthatmakestheirtreatmentintermsofhumanrightsaproperresponse,and(b) asocialconditionofpersonsinwhichtheirhumanrightsarefulfilled.Thischapterpursuesthreetasks.First,itprovidesananalysisofthecontentandaninterpretationoft
3、heroleoftheideaofhumandignityincurrenthumanrightsdiscourse.Theinterpretationincludesapluralistviewofhumaninterestsanddignitythatavoidsanarrowfocusonrationalagency.Second,thischaptercharacterizesthetwoaspectsofhumandignityintermsofcapabilities.Certaingeneral
4、humancapabili-tiesareamongthefactsthatgroundstatus-dignity,andthepresenceofcertainmorespecificcapabilitiesconstitutescondition-dignity.Finally,thischapterexploreshowthepursuitofhumanrightsandhumandignitylinkstodistributionsandusesofpower.Sincecapabilitiesar
5、eaformofpower,andhumanrightsareinpartaimedatrespectingandpromotingcapabilities,humanrightsinvolveempowerment.Exploringthecon-nectionsbetweenhumanrights,capabilities,andempowermentprovidesresourcestodefendcontroversialhumanrightssuchastherighttodemocraticpol
6、iticalparticipa-tion,andtorespondtoworriesaboutthefeasibilityoftheirfulfillment.Thischapteralsoarguesthatempowermentmustbecoupledwithsolidaristicconcerninordertorespondtounavoidablefactsofsocialdependencyandvulnerability.A concludingsectioniden-tifiessomeco
7、mmonalitiesanddifferenceswiththeapproachtotheontologicalunder-pinningsofhumanrightspresentedbyCarolGouldinhercontributiontothisvolume.II.AnalysisofUsesof“HumanDignity”intheMainHumanRightsDocumentsA.A brief surveyIfocushereontheideaofhumandignityinthespecifi
8、ccontextofhumanrightsprac-tice.1A naturalstartingpointforourexplorationisthemainhumanrightsdocuments.Theirinspectionrevealsatleastelevenpointsabouttheuseoftheideahumandignity.1Forbroaderhistoricalexplo