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.