Whois & Analysis for asante.org

Moral, ethical, legal, and political discussions use the concept of dignity to express the idea that a being has an innate right to be valued, respected, and to receive ethical treatment.

In the modern context dignity can function as an extension of the Enlightenment-era concepts of inherent, inalienable rights.

English-speakers often use the word "dignity" in proscriptive and cautionary ways: for example, in politics it can be used to critique the treatment of oppressed and vulnerable groups and peoples, but it has also been applied to cultures and sub-cultures, to religious beliefs and ideals, to animals used for food or research, and to plants.

"Dignity" also has descriptive meanings pertaining to human worth.

In general, the term has various functions and meanings depending on how the term is used and on the context.

An ideal is a principle or value that one actively pursues as a goal, usually in the context of ethics.

Ideals are particularly important in ethics, as the order in which one places them tends to determine the degree to which one reveals them as real and sincere.

It is the application, in ethics, of a universal.

It is roughly similar to the relative intrinsic values.

A person is a being, such as a human, that has certain capacities or attributes constituting personhood, which in turn is defined differently by different authors in different disciplines, and by different cultures in different times and places.

Reality is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined.

Reality includes everything that is and has been, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible.

A still broader definition includes that which has existed, exists, or will exist.

A health system, also sometimes referred to as health care system or as healthcare system, is the organization of people, institutions, and resources that deliver health care services to meet the health needs of target populations.