The nature of human persons : metaphysics and bioethics /

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"The questions of whether there is a shared nature common to all human beings and, if so, what essential qualities define this nature are among the most widely discussed topics in the history of philosophy and remain the subject of perennial interest and controversy. This book offers a metaphys...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Eberl, Jason T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2020]
Series:Notre Dame studies in medical ethics and bioethics
Subjects:
Thomas, > Aquinas, Saint, > 1225?-1274.
Thomas, > Aquinas, Saint, > 1225?-1274
Philosophical anthropology.
Metaphysics.
Bioethics.
First philosophy.
Anthropologie philosophique.
Métaphysique.
philosophical anthropology.
metaphysics.
PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Bioethics
Metaphysics
Philosophical anthropology
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. What Am I? Questions of Human Nature and Identity
  • 2. This Is Us: A Hylomorphic View of Human Nature
  • 3. I Think, Therefore ... : Varieties of Dualism
  • 4. Thou Art Dust: Varieties of Materialism
  • Summative Excursus. Desiderata for an Account of Human Nature
  • 5. Starting Out: The Beginning of Human Persons
  • 6. End of Line: The Death of Human Persons
  • 7. Is This All That I Am? Postmortem Persons
  • 8. Who Is My Sister or Brother? Treating Persons Ethically
  • List of Aquinas's Works and Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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