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The Nature of Human Persons - Metaphysics and Bioethics (Hardcover)
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The Nature of Human Persons - Metaphysics and Bioethics (Hardcover)
Series: Notre Dame Studies in Medical Ethics and Bioethics
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Is there a shared nature common to all human beings? What essential
qualities might define this nature? These questions are among the
most widely discussed topics in the history of philosophy and
remain subjects of perennial interest and controversy. The Nature
of Human Persons offers a metaphysical investigation of the
composition of the human essence. For a human being to exist, does
it require an immaterial mind, a physical body, a functioning
brain, a soul? Jason Eberl also considers the criterion of identity
for a developing human being—that is, what is required for a
human being to continue existing as a person despite undergoing
physical and psychological changes over time? Eberl's investigation
presents and defends a theoretical perspective from the
thirteenth-century philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas.
Advancing beyond descriptive historical analysis, this book places
Aquinas’s account of human nature into direct comparison with
several prominent contemporary theories: substance dualism,
emergentism, animalism, constitutionalism, four-dimensionalism, and
embodied mind theory. These theories inform various conclusions
regarding when human beings first come into existence—at
conception, during gestation, or after birth—and how we ought to
define death for human beings. Finally, each of these viewpoints
offers a distinctive rationale as to whether, and if so how, human
beings may survive death. Ultimately, Eberl argues that the
Thomistic account of human nature addresses the matters of human
nature and survival in a much more holistic and desirable way than
the other theories and offers a cohesive portrait of one’s
continued existence from conception through life to death and
beyond.
General
Imprint: |
University of Notre Dame Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Notre Dame Studies in Medical Ethics and Bioethics |
Release date: |
June 2020 |
First published: |
2020 |
Authors: |
Jason T. Eberl
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
422 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-268-10773-4 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-268-10773-4 |
Barcode: |
9780268107734 |
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