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Ethics at the Beginning of Life - A phenomenological critique (Paperback): James Mumford

Ethics at the Beginning of Life - A phenomenological critique (Paperback)

James Mumford

Series: Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics

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Many of the most controversial moral decisions we face hinge upon competing descriptions of life, and never is this truer than at the beginning of life. James Mumford draws upon phenomenology (a branch of continental philosophy) to question the descriptive adequacy, the essential 'purchase upon reality', of many of the approaches, attitudes and arguments which make up beginning of life ethics today. He argues that many of the most prevalent positions and practices in our late modern culture have simply failed to take into account the reality of human emergence, the particular way that new members of our species first appear in the world. Historically, phenomenologists have been far more interested in death than in birth. Mumford therefore first develops his own phenomenological investigation of human emergence, taking leads and developing approaches from phenomenologists both French and German, both living and dead. In the second half of the book phenomenology is finally applied to ethics, and acute moral questions are divided into two kinds: first those concerning 'what' it is that we are dealing; and, secondly, the more contextual 'where' questions relating to the situation in which the subject is found. Finally, although this book primarily constitutes a philosophical rather than a religious critique of contemporary ethics, with the findings from continental philosophy being brought to bear upon core convictions of English-speaking 'liberal' moral and political philosophers, Mumford concludes by exploring an alternative theological basis for human rights which might fill the vacuum created.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics
Release date: June 2015
Authors: James Mumford
Dimensions: 217 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-874505-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > Practical & applied ethics
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Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > Practical & applied ethics
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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General
Books > Christianity > Christian life & practice
Books > Christianity > Christian theology
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LSN: 0-19-874505-2
Barcode: 9780198745051

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