Body-self dualism in contemporary ethics and politics

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Body-self dualism in contemporary ethics and politics

Patrick Lee, Robert P. George

Cambridge University Press, 2009, c2008

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"First paperback edition 2009"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Profoundly important ethical and political controversies turn on the question of whether biological life is an essential aspect of a human person, or only an extrinsic instrument. Lee and George argue that human beings are physical, animal organisms - albeit essentially rational and free - and examine the implications of this understanding of human beings for some of the most controversial issues in contemporary ethics and politics. The authors argue that human beings are animal organisms and that their personal identity across time consists in the persistence of the animal organisms they are; they also argue that human beings are essentially rational and free and that there is a radical difference between human beings and other animals; criticize hedonism and hedonistic drug-taking; present detailed defenses of the prolife positions on abortion and euthanasia; and defend the traditional moral position on marriage and sexual acts.

目次

  • Introduction
  • 1. Human beings are animals
  • 2. Human beings are persons
  • 3. Hedonism and hedonistic drug-taking
  • 4. Abortion
  • 5. Euthanasia
  • 6. Sex and the body.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB0273889X
  • ISBN
    • 9780521124195
  • LCCN
    2010294933
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York ; Tokyo
  • ページ数/冊数
    ix, 222 p.
  • 大きさ
    23 cm
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