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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100199281815
ISBN-139780199281817
eBay Product ID (ePID)57026989
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Number of Pages272 Pages
Publication NamePersons : the Difference between `Someone' and `Something'
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
SubjectPersonality, Philosophy
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, Psychology
AuthorRobert Spaemann, Oliver O'donovan
SeriesOxford Studies in Theological Ethics Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight15.9 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2007-296424
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Spaemann provides substantive analysis about what persons are by distinguishing what persons do from what nonpersons do. But this is no mere case of positing-in good Sartrean fashion-that human existence precedes essence. No, this is a sophisticated investigation into what makes persons unique among all other existing entities through a focus on those activities, primarily of the mind, that enable one to understand human beings as persons." -- Chris Emerick, PNEUMA, ""It is to be hoped that Spaemann will find many readers.... [Spaemann] provides a deeper foundation and a perspective that could also liberate this discourse from being locked into potentially sterile quandaries."--Anselm Ramelow, The Thomist, ""It is to be hoped that Spaemann will find many readers.... [Spaemann] provides a deeper foundation and a perspective that could also liberate this discourse from being locked into potentially sterile quandaries."--Anselm Ramelow,The Thomist
Dewey Decimal241
Table Of ContentIntroduction1. Why we Speak of Persons2. Why we call Persons 'Persons'3. How we Identify Persons4. The Negative5. Intentionality6. Transcendence7. Fiction8. Religion9. Time10. Death and the Future Perfect Tense11. Independence of Context12. Subjects13. Souls14. Conscience15. Recognition16. Freedom17. Promise and Forgiveness18. Are All Human Beings Persons?
SynopsisAn examination and defense of the concept of personality, long central to Western moral culture but now increasingly under attack, by a leading European philosopher. Persons takes issue with major contemporary philosophers, especially in the English-speaking world (such as Parfit and Singer), who have contributed to the eclipse of the idea, and traces the debate back to the foundations of modern philosophy in Descartes and Locke. Robert Spaemann offers extended discussions of the sources of the idea in Christian theology and its development in Western philosophy. He also provides a number of pointed discussions of pressing practical questions--for example, our treatment of the severely disabled human and the moral status of intelligent non-human animals. The book covers a great deal of ground before coming to a focused conclusion: all human beings are persons., An examination and defence of the concept of personality, long central to Western moral culture but now increasingly under attack. Robert Spaemann tackles urgent practical questions, such as our treatment of the severely disabled human and the moral status of intelligent non-human animals., An examination and defence of the concept of personality, long central to Western moral culture but now increasingly under attack, by a leading European philosopher. It takes issue with major contemporary philosophers, especially in the English-speaking world (such as Parfit and Singer), who have contributed to the eclipse of the idea, and traces the debate back to the foundations of modern philosophy in Descartes and Locke. There are extended discussions of the sources of the idea in Christian theology and its development in Western philosophy. There are also a number of pointed discussions of pressing practical questions - for example, our treatment of the severely disabled human and the moral status of intelligent non-human animals. The book covers a great deal of ground before coming to a focused conclusion: all human beings are persons - and perhaps all porpoises, too!
LC Classification NumberBJ1278.P47
