6 3 . 6 %). ▁ ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁response ▁to ▁critic isms ▁of ▁Law ▁ ▁In ▁R ▁v ▁K app , ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁addressed ▁these ▁w ides p read ▁critic isms ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁dign ity ▁test : ▁ ▁But ▁as ▁critics ▁have ▁pointed ▁out , ▁human ▁dign ity ▁is ▁an ▁abstract ▁and ▁subject ive ▁notion ▁that , ▁even ▁with ▁the ▁guidance ▁of ▁the ▁four ▁context ual ▁factors , ▁cannot ▁only ▁become ▁confusing ▁and ▁difficult ▁to ▁apply ; ▁it ▁has ▁also ▁proven ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁additional ▁bur den ▁on ▁equality ▁claim ants , ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁philosoph ical ▁enh ancement ▁it ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁be . ▁Crit ic ism ▁has ▁also ▁acc ru ed ▁for ▁the ▁way ▁Law ▁has ▁allowed ▁formal ism ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁Court ’ s ▁post - And rew s ▁juris pr ud ence ▁to ▁res ur face ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁an ▁artificial ▁compar ator ▁analysis ▁foc uss ing ▁on ▁tre ating ▁lik es ▁al ike . ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁noted ▁these ▁critic isms , ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁explicitly ▁reject ▁human ▁dign ity ▁as ▁a ▁factor ▁in ▁equality ▁claims . ▁It ▁noted ▁the ▁central ity ▁of ▁the ▁concept ▁but ▁read ▁down ▁the ▁Law ▁decision ▁by ▁not ing ▁that ▁the ▁human ▁dign ity ▁test ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁separate ▁and ▁straightforward ▁criter ion ▁or ▁test . ▁R ather , ▁the ▁Court ▁imp lied ▁that ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁human ▁dign ity ▁should ▁instead ▁be ▁considered ▁generally ▁as ▁an ▁important ▁factor ▁in ▁dec iding ▁s .