📅 Workshop: Monday, 29 June 2026
📍 32nd World Congress of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR), Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Türkiye
As part of the 32nd World Congress of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR), Ricardo García Manrique and Pablo Scotto will convene the special workshop Human Dignity: Concept and Conceptions.
The workshop will explore one of the central debates in contemporary legal and political philosophy: whether there is a unified concept of human dignity capable of serving as a common legal standard, or whether different conceptions of dignity—shaped by diverse philosophical traditions, legal cultures, and political commitments—lead to fundamentally different understandings of its role in law.
Participants will examine questions including the relationship between human dignity and human rights, the usefulness of dignity in constitutional and international adjudication, the practical implications of competing conceptions of dignity, and the legitimacy of invoking dignity in legal reasoning. The workshop aims to foster interdisciplinary discussion among scholars working in legal philosophy, constitutional theory, human rights, and related fields.
The workshop forms part of the broader IVR 2026 Congress, whose theme is «Law in the Face of the Changing Problems of the World», bringing together researchers from across the globe to discuss contemporary challenges in legal and political philosophy.