Introduction: For dignity / Regina Ammicht-Quinn, Maureen Junker-Kenny, Elsa Tamez -- Dignity in political and bioethical debates / Patrick Verspieren -- The unrepeatable changes in the cultural concept of dignity / Oskar Negt -- Whose dignity is inviolable?: human beings, machines and the discourse of dignity / Regina Ammicht-Quinn -- The person who lacks dignity / Paul Valadier -- Does dignity need a theological foundation? / Maureen Junker-Kenny -- Dignity and liberation: a theological and political perspective / Juan Jose? Tamayo-Acosta -- Constructing the human: dignity in interreligious dialogue / Linda Hogan, John D'Arcy May -- Dignity: its denial and recognition in a specific context of liberation / Enrique Dussel -- Disability, equal dignity and care / Eva Kittay -- 'In the name of dignity': arguments for and against voluntary euthanasia / Leocir Pessini -- Commentary / Maureen Junker-Kenny -- The editing of dignity: some afterthoughts / Regina Ammicht-Quinn, Maureen Junker-Kenny, Elsa Tamez -- Documentation: Giving a say to those without a voice: African women stand upright / M. Bernadette Mbuy Beya.