Sentence examples for dignity could be from inspiring English sources

But of course many of the features in which Schiller locates both grace and dignity could be represented in artistic depictions of human beings, and that is why it is not implausible to suggest that his account may be directed against Lessing as well as Kant.

Dr. Peters added in an interview that ethicists in the past had thought human dignity could be seen to derive from the fertilization process.

Mr. Therond was one of the staunchest critics of a French law that went into effect this year, banning photographers from taking pictures of suspects in handcuffs, or crime victims whose dignity could be compromised by an image.

Linville begins by noting that one could hardly hold that "human persons have intrinsic dignity" could be true if human persons do not exist.

In Cur Deus Homo (Why God Became A Human Being) Anselm famously attempts to show on purely rational grounds that the debt incurred by human sin could be suitably discharged, and the affront to God's infinite dignity could be suitably rectified, only if one who was both fully divine and fully human took it upon himself to offer his own life on our behalf.

By virtue of being detained, service users are assumed to have lost control of an element of their behaviour and as a result their dignity could be compromised.

The Minister zipped up and walked with as much dignity as could be managed back through the milling crowd, accepting the sweat of many strangers.

Ware was carted off the court in a stretcher, gave a brief motivational speech to his teammates, underwent surgery, later appeared on "Late Show with David Letterman," and generally comported himself with more poise and dignity than could be expected of most professional athletes, let alone a twenty-year-old backup being thrust for the first time into wide fame.

Earlier that morning he had faced waves of group interviews with as much dignity as could be expected.

One of the most notable observations in conducting this research was the desire of residents to discuss a wide range of issues relating to dignity, which could be seen as particularly sensitive and/or emotionally challenging for older people living in a nursing home environment.

"This vision of Dominique Strauss-Kahn humiliated in chains, dragged lower than the gutter — this degradation of a man whose silent dignity couldn't be touched, was not just cruel, it was pornographic".