The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Dwarf-Tossing and the Concept of Human Dignity through the Lenses of Experimental Philosophy

Authors

  • Noel Struchiner professor adjunto do programa de pós-graduação em direito da PUC-Rio
  • Ivar Hannikainenn

Keywords:

abstract and concrete paradox, principle of human dignity, experimental philosophy, formalism x particularism, principles x rules

Abstract

This paper analyses the “abstract and concrete paradox”, according to which our judgments are influenced by the level of abstractness or concreteness in which a problem is framed and posed. More specifically, we aim to investigate if judgments that deal with the application of the principle of human dignity are susceptible to the abstract and concrete paradox. We hope to be able to shed some light on the meaning of the principle of human dignity, given its importance in contemporary legal systems.

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Author Biographies

Noel Struchiner, professor adjunto do programa de pós-graduação em direito da PUC-Rio

pesquisador do CNPq (bolsista de produtividade em pesquisa) e da FAPERJ (jovem cientista do nosso Estado)

Ivar Hannikainenn

Doutor em filosofia pela Universidade de Sheffield (Inglaterra) e bolsista de pós-doutorado júnior (CNPq) na PUC-Rio

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Published

2016-07-13

How to Cite

STRUCHINER, Noel; HANNIKAINENN, Ivar. The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Dwarf-Tossing and the Concept of Human Dignity through the Lenses of Experimental Philosophy. civilistica.com: revista eletrônica de direito civil, Rio de Janeiro, v. 5, n. 1, p. 1–25, 2016. Disponível em: https://civilistica.emnuvens.com.br/redc/article/view/247. Acesso em: 8 jun. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Contemporary doctrine