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Towards a New Humanism

Why do we simply fail to establish a more human society in South Africa?

Placeholder image Thad Metz

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When is discrimination unfair? A relational reconstruction of the constitutional court’s dignity-based approach

Meyerson, Denise. 2024. When is discrimination unfair? A relational reconstruction of the constitutional court’s dignity-based approach. The...

Denise Meyerson Denise Meyerson

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Defining Humanity through Water and Sanitation

My project focuses on water and sanitation through the technologies that provide them, as a highly specific material index for abstract sensibilities about what constitutes a proper and dignified human life.

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Defining Humanity through Water and Sanitation

My project focuses on water and sanitation through the technologies that provide them, as a highly specific material index for abstract sensibilities about what constitutes a proper and dignified human life.

Peter Redfield Peter Redfield

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Biotechnology and Legal Regulation: Personal Freedom, Risk Management and Human Dignity

The regulation of biotechnology is determined by a number of often conflicting legal values and social-economic interests.

Matthias Herdegen Matthias Herdegen
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