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What is the HDC?

The Human Dignity Curriculum (HDC) is a K-12 curriculum that teaches personal identity and human excellence. Cross-cutting themes of the curriculum—human dignity, freedom, solidarity, and human rights—have been universally welcomed by students in classrooms around the globe, fostering a deeper awareness of human dignity and inspiring excellence.

Common questions students have about this critical topic include:

Do I have human dignity, even if I did something wrong?
Can someone take my dignity away from me (through abuse, violence, racism)?
If I break the law, do I lose my dignity?
Do people of one profession have more dignity than people of another?
Does my intelligence, personality, or talent impact my human dignity?

The HDC grounds each grade in this fundamental reality: we are all equal in dignity. No one, and no action, can take away your dignity.

Starting with human dignity, we introduce students to the following philosophical and anthropological ideas:

1. Action follows being.

When I understand who I am (a person with dignity), this impacts and changes what I do, how I see myself, and who I become (my actions).

2. Freedom enables human excellence.

Students learn that freedom consists of choosing actions that respect the human dignity of themselves and of others.

3. Persons are subjects, not objects.

What you do to the body, you do to the person; no person should ever be used or objectified.

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