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1 - The Last Christian Settlement

A Defense and Critique, in Debate with Samuel Moyn

from Part I - General Reflections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2020

Sarah Shortall
Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
Affiliation:
Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
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Samuel Moyn has rightly argued that post–World War II notions of human rights were blended with incompatible notions of human dignity under Christian influence. However, where he sees a contamination of rights by dignity, I see the opposite. The modern Christian traditions around dignity were linked to a personalist politics that sought to refuse both liberalism and fascism and was not simply fascist-tending. The stability of the postwar settlements owed much to their influence. But that they have now broken down is somewhat to do with their over-dilution by liberalism from the outset.

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Print publication year: 2020

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