ABSTRACT
Given the ecological urgency of a new relationship between human beings and other creatures, this article seeks to understand the constitution of rights and, at its core, the category of dignity. To do so, it analyzes the language of dignity and a historical journey on the expansion of the recognition of dignity and human rights. Starting from animals, it tests an expanded recognition of these two concepts, which are increasingly asymmetrical. In this way, the relationship is transformed into gratuitousness and responsibility for asymmetrical and independent Care, which thus configures a new ecological humanism. Drawing on the work of Leonardo Boff and Pope Francis, the article underlines the consequences of this stance and the theological-pastoral elements of the Christian practice of Care.
KEYWORDS
Human Rights; Humanism; Ecology; Care