The author considers the notion of personal dignity and its historical nature as ethical value, stating that under conditions of globalizing world the personal dignity value could be treated as indispensable cultural universal. Primary fields of personal dignity mainstreaming are practice of civil rights and liberties’ enjoyment along with culture of professional communities that distinguish by steady and “vivid”, inspiring ethos. The latter is illustrated by culture of leading universities: Californian Technological and Stanford, documented in their Honor Codes.

Keywords: dignity; personality; rights and liberties; professional culture; university culture.

References

1. Kant I. Osnovopolozhenie k metafizike nravov (The Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals), Sochineniya, v 4 t., by Immanuil Kant, T. 3, M., Moskovskii filosofskii fond, 1997, pp. 39—276.
2. Hare R. M. Freedom and Reason, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, 236 p., Clarendon Paperbacks.
3. “Caltech Honor Code Handbook”. California Institute of Technology. Dean of Undergraduate Students, 2016. Revision: Aug. 2017. Web. 5 Dec. 2017. 
   <https://deans.caltech.edu/documents/176-honor_code_handbook_2016.pdf>.
4. “Reiting luchshikh universitetov mira po versii Times Higher Education” (The World’s Best Universities Rating According to Times Higher Education). Gumanitarnye tekhnologii: analiticheskii portal. IIA Tsentr gumanitarnykh tekhnologii, cop. 2002—2017. Web. 5 Dec. 2017. <http://gtmarket.ru/ratings/the-world-university-rankings/info>.
5. “Honor Code and Fundamental Standard”. Stanford Office of Community Standards. Student Affairs. Stanford University, n. d. Web. 5 Dec. 2017.
   <https://communitystandards.stanford.edu/student-conduct-process/honor-code-and-fundamental-standard>.