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> “Human dignity is inviolable” is a platitude. What can be done with it? This is the first sentence of the "Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland" (B
by q-big 5y ago
> “Human dignity is inviolable” is a platitude. What can be done with it?
This is the first sentence of the "Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland" (Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany):
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Repu...
Absatz 1 (paragraph 1) (see https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/BJNR000010949.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/BJNR000010949.html):
> (1) Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar. Sie zu achten und zu schützen ist Verpflichtung aller staatlichen Gewalt.
> (1) Human dignity is inviolable. It is the duty of all state authorities [remark: "Gewalt" literally means "violence" in English] to respect and protect it.
- ionicgiraffe 5y agoIn fact, I wanted to say that such concepts in laws that direct how other laws are made need be necessarily broad. If you think of it: freedom, dignity, citizenship, and so on, are not to be interpreted in absolute terms according to some official definition. The motivation for the law is fundamental, and concepts get narrowed down in laws of lower rank until the point at which they cannot be listed case by case, then interpretation by the judicial system enters into account, e.g., is the insult "f*g idiot" within the protected freedom of speech?