Legal Ethics of the Vulnerability of Human Beings: Human Dignity and Responsibility to Rethinking the Present Time

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dc.affiliation.dptoDerecho Público II
dc.contributor.authorSantos Arnaiz, José Antonio
dc.contributor.funderAlexander von Humboldt Foundation
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-21T12:09:10Z
dc.date.issued2026-05-13
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this chapter is to develop a legal ethics of the vulnerability of human beings given what happened in the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, by building up a legal and philosophical framework related to responsibility and human dignity concepts. Assessing the present alongside the burden of the past, however, requires a sensible view of the past aligned with the political equity of all human beings. The study examines a particular definition of human dignity from an ethical and legal point of view to advocate for the value and principle of responsibility as an epistemic tool to rethink the vulnerability of human beings. The role of this legal ethics is analyzed in the face of changes in medical ethics and the concepts of suffering and compassion for vulnerable people.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work has been supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation during my stay as a Senior Researcher at the University of Göttingen in Germany.
dc.identifier.citationSANTOS, José Antonio: A Legal Ethics of the Vulnerability of Human Beings: Human Dignity and Responsibility to Rethinking the Present Time, Perspectives on Crises”, en NÚÑEZ, Jorge-Emilio (ed.): Perspectives on Crisis. A Multidimensional Approach to Law and Politics, Springer, Cham, 2026, pp. 19-39.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-032-23836-8
dc.identifier.isbnISBN 978-3-032-23835-1
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-032-23836-8 (eBook)
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage19
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage39
dc.identifier.publicationtitlePerspectives on Crisis. A Multidimensional Approach to Law and Politics
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10115/208097
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectHuman dignity
dc.subjectLegal ethics
dc.subjectResponsibility
dc.subjectVulnerability
dc.titleLegal Ethics of the Vulnerability of Human Beings: Human Dignity and Responsibility to Rethinking the Present Time
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.hasVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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