Non-negotiable : essential principles of a just society and humane culture /

What gave Abraham Lincoln the authority to declare the freedom and choice to own slaves as immoral? After all, the law of the land allowed it. What gave Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King the authority to lead a whole movement calling civil laws immoral and demanding new civil rights laws that recognized t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Liaugminas, Sheila (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	San Francisco : Ignatius Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Christian sociology > Catholic Church. Church and social problems > Catholic Church. Social justice > Religious aspects > Catholic Church. Social problems > United States.

Table of Contents:

Being a dignitarian
Dignity from the womb: the beginning of life
Dignity without end: aging, vulnerability, and death
Dignity in love: marriage
Dignity of conscience: religious liberty
Fighting for dignity in society.