Browsing by Author "Katts, Donald J."

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    Celebrating the Reformation as transformation to dignity
    (Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2017) Katts, Donald J.
    South Africa is on an urgent journey of transformation toward a life of dignity for all. Dignity is at the heart of the South African Constitution of 1996. Some essential building-blocks of dignity are reconciling justice, responsible freedom, equality as equality of worth and equality as aequitas, equity and equilibrium. This paper will discuss how the theology of Reformers like Luther and Calvin informs our thinking about these central features of dignity. Calvin informs our thinking about justice and equality, and Luther informs our thinking about freedom.
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    Op weg na ’n menswaardige samelewing? : die rol van teorievorming en wetgewing
    (Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2011) Katts, Donald J.; Koopman, Nico
    The Bill of Rights of the South African Constitution of 1996 envisages a society of human dignity, both in its preamble and in article 10. The logic seems to be that the fulfilment of human rights will imply the actualisation of a society of dignity. This paper investigates the role that both theory-formation about the implementation of human rights and lawmaking processes that enhance the implementation of human rights, can play in the realisation of a society of human dignity.