Human dignity

Human dignity - known in the legal community and such an obscure definition for ordinary people.

We can understand it as the common value of any person. Its value with all its qualities and characteristics, starting from those that are inherent in us, as a biological species and ending with everything that is inherent exclusively to people. In recent times, phrases like "N lost (and) its human dignity", "this humiliation of human dignity" have been increasingly heard in the society. Yes, indeed, there are things that can damage human dignity - violence, discrimination and oppression of someone because of their social status, color, gender, or any other interests and personal worldview.

What does human dignity include?

The inner freedom that every person has from birth. Freedom of choice and manifestation of one's inner world, one's inner self. Humiliation and loss of personal dignity means the loss of one's own internal values, disrespect for them. Human dignity is a personal intrinsic value. Respect and self-esteem rights. Once it was really determined at birth. But a civilized society developed, rapidly striving for equality of all, and over time, states decided that the dignity of the individual would not be determined by origin, wealth, education or social status.

Human dignity is also often defined as positive traits. These are qualities that a person has acquired in life. To which he was inclined from birth, who were vaccinated by parents in the process of education, or developed by the environment. The main examples of human dignity are:

• sincerity;
• courage / fearlessness;
• devotion;
• a responsibility;
• discipline;
• purposefulness;
• benevolence;
• calmness;
• activity;
• patience;
• perseverance;
• independence;
• thanks;
• strong will;
• sociability;
• moderation;
• attentiveness;
• variability / adaptability.

Separately it is worth noting that these are exactly the features that any employer will pay attention to when taking you to work. Over the years, psychologists have come up with and brought out a huge number of different tests to determine the merits of the individual. All of them recommend, getting to know people, in work and at home, to stake on your strengths, your positive qualities. Develop them, know them and appreciate in themselves.

However, not everything that is good for some will be good for others. Activity, dedication, fearlessness - certainly, the dignity of a man. But will they be so valuable for a woman? We can rather say that for mother, sister or girlfriend will be more desired: calmness, goodwill, gentleness and patience. This will, of course, the dignity of women. On the basis of what features are expressed brighter, and which - not too much, people choose their profession and vocations in life.

The easiest way to determine which personality dignity is developed in you is more than others, experts recommend writing out on the sheet of paper all the positive qualities that you know, and then placing yourself "scores" on a 10-point scale - how much this or that quality, like it seems to you, you have developed.