Renovatio: What Dignity Requires of Us

Table of Contents What Pico Thought—and What It Wrought In grounding the dignity of man in his potential to be whatever he desires to be, this fifteenth-century Italian prince and philosopher gave rise to the modern secular worldview that privileges self-actualization above all else. Esmé L. K. Partridge Dignity Is for the Heart, Not the Ego Contrary to its usage in today’s public discourse, dignity is not something all humans universally have, but something that everyone must do. Caner K. Dagli Alchemy, Mythology, and Artificial Intelligence Where ancient priests used ritual to draw down a god to invest dead matter with powers for good or ill, modern science fantasists see the soul as a mere computer program and seek eternal life not in heaven or some cryonic vat but as computer software. Lenn E. Goodman The Untold Stories of Enslaved African Muslim Women in the Americas Among the enslaved Africans in the Americas, Muslim men have garnered significant attention. But historical record