Menschenwürde in der angloamerikanischen Rechtsphilosophie

It is a commonly accepted proposition that the concept of human dignity is foreign to Anglo-Saxon legal and philosophical thought. However, Philipp Gisbertz illustrates that this proposition is untenable. His detailed analysis of the continental European and Anglo-American conceptual history of the term paints a more complex picture, revealing an interplay between shared conceptual content and historical reasons for a larger scepticism towards the concept in the Anglo-Saxon culture. Religion, philosophy, history – only a broad and comprehensive analysis can explain this scepticism. Moreover, only a deep look into philosophy, always contextualized by intellectual history and constitutional law, can elucidate the lively discussions about the concept of human dignity within this culture.