SPIRITUAL-AND-MORAL FOUNDATIONS AND PREREQUISITES OF PERSONAL DIGNITY AS A LEGAL CATEGORY
The article analyses the development of the personal dignity concept in contemporary law; spiritual-and-moral interpretation of personal dignity and human rights is discussed. The author grounds a fundamental necessity of the spiritual-and-moral dimension of human rights in order to ensure policulturalism and stability of the social-and-legal organisation of plural societies. At the same time, it is claimed that personal dignity, rights and freedoms are the fundamental elements of society’s spiritual-and-moral culture and legal awareness.