The Kantian Concept of Human Dignity Today
... resolve in the framework of such an interpretation of right. By turning to Kant, one of the pillars of the modern egalitarian universalist conception of human dignity, we can trace the idea of personal dignity back to its origin as an absolute inner value which, unlike external material benefits, has no equivalent, and involves self-legislation, restriction of freedom, and the fulfilling of moral duty.
Achenwall, G., 1763. Juris naturalis pars posterior complectens jus familiae, jus publicum ...
