What is law’s relationship to dignity? In Jeremy Waldron’s view, ‘There is an implicit commitment to dignity in the tissues and sinews of law—in the character of its normativity and in its procedures’. Waldron’s account can be read as an attempt to pursue a third way between positivism and natural law. Proponents of the third way believe that law has structural features that are intrinsically valuable. Waldron argues that law’s normativity and procedures promote dignity, and, therefore, are salutary. However, he does not ask whether their moral significance might be affected by the merits of the law’s contents. I raise doubts about Waldron’s approach and, in turn, the third way. I argue that the significance of law’s structural features may be affected by the merits of content. Where the law’s contents are dehumanising, law’s normativity and procedures may make a distinctive contribution to degradation and humiliation.

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法律、尊严和第三条道路的难以捉摸的承诺

法律与尊严的关系是什么？在 Jeremy Waldron 看来，“在法律的组织和筋骨中——在其规范性和程序的特征中，隐含着对尊严的承诺”。Waldron 的描述可以被解读为在实证主义和自然法之间寻求第三条道路的尝试。第三种方式的支持者认为，法律具有内在价值的结构特征。Waldron 认为，法律的规范性和程序促进尊严，因此是有益的。然而，他没有问他们的道德意义是否会受到法律内容的优劣的影响。我对 Waldron 的方法以及第三种方法表示怀疑。我认为法律结构特征的重要性可能会受到内容优劣的影响。当法律的内容不人道时，