Islamic View of Human Dignity

Fascism" and “Nazism” ideologies, legal positivism and some other philosophical schools consider human beings without dignity inherently and search the origin of his dignity on matters such as his dependence to the state, government, race, belief and religion. But Islam gives inherent dignity to man qua man. The dignity is based on a series of moral and religious concepts and fundamental values, ie, “freedom, will and liberty”, “power, intellection and contemplation” and “having divine breath and image”. Islam, in addition to dignity, considers acquired dignity the most important criteria of which are piety and faith. This paper presents an analytical approach to analyze the concept and principles of inherent and acquired human dignity based on Islam.

کلیدواژه ها:

dignity ، acquired dignity ، fascism and Nazism ، legal positivism ، human rights.