Everyone deserving dignity and respect is a simple idea but also complicated and challenging. I suspect that most people agree with it, at least in principle. But what about Vladimir Putin, leader of ...

What makes us deserving of our human dignity? Are we always cognizant of the vulnerably and value of everyone, or do we gauge our measure of people’s worth on external things? What determines the ...

Erick Ramirez is assistant professor of philosophy at Santa Clara University and faculty scholar with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. The concept of human dignity—the idea ...

Things self-respecting people stop wasting energy on.

Immanuel Kant, an 18th-century German philosopher, profoundly shaped our understanding of knowledge and morality. His famous ...

The actor explains why treating everyone fairly and communicating directly builds genuine respect in business and life.

NEW YORK – After weeks of demonization of Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, the state’s Catholic bishops have together called for people to treat the migrants with respect and dignity, and for ...

We all want to be respected, whether in our personal relationships or in a professional environment. But respect isn't something that's given away freely, at least when it's authentic. We can't force ...

LGBTQI+ patients with cancer are encouraged to seek positive relationships with care teams despite possible histories of minority stress. Discrimination, research has shown, can have a direct impact ...

John Garcia lit up as he slid into the barber’s chair Saturday, talking and joking with the barber. “It’s great to get all cleaned up and looking sharp,” he said. Garcia was getting a free haircut as ...

Some of us, including me, have sabotaged ourselves at one point or another by oversharing. We blurted out private information about our lives to people we thought we could trust and others whom we ...