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Notre Dame Studies in Medical Ethics and Bioethics Ser.: Nature of Human Persons : Metaphysics and Bioethics by Jason T. Eberl (2024, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherUniversity of Notre Dame Press
ISBN-100268107742
ISBN-139780268107741
eBay Product ID (ePID)16066157649
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Number of Pages422 Pages
Publication NameNature of Human Persons : Metaphysics and Bioethics
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
SubjectEthics, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Religious, Metaphysics
TypeTextbook
AuthorJason T. Eberl
Subject AreaReligion, Philosophy, Medical
SeriesNotre Dame Studies in Medical Ethics and Bioethics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Weight20.7 Oz
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Reviews"Well-written and carefully argued, with some passages of very insightful Thomistic exegesis, and brings together the fruits of Eberl's long-term research projects in an accessible one-volume work." --Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, "A valuable contribution to contemporary debates about the metaphysics of the human person. Eberl defends Thomism clearly and succinctly, whilst engaging in a rigorous and novel way with his philosophical opponents."--The New Bioethics, "The arguments of the text are persuasive, making The Nature of Human Persons: Metaphysics and Bioethics an especially fine contribution to both the bioethics literature and to metaphysical discussions of the human person."--The Review of Metaphysics, "Readers interested in a sophisticated application of Thomistic thought to contemporary ethics will find this an important book, especially because Eberl avoids the common pitfall of allowing his text to become bogged down in debates over the proper interpretation of Aquinas." -- Choice, "Eberl brings Thomas Aquinas into conversation with a number of contemporary English-speaking philosophers and seeks to show that Thomas provides a satisfying via media between substance dualism and reductive materialism."--The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review, "There are innumerable books in bioethics, but none that take up issues of human anthropology in anything like the depth found in Jason T. Eberl's The Nature of Human Persons." --Christopher Kaczor, author of Abortion Rights: For and Against, "Well-written and carefully argued, with some passages of very insightful Thomistic exegesis, and brings together the fruits of Eberl's long-term research projects in an accessible one-volume work." --Notre Dame Philosophiocal Reviews, "Even those readers less engaged by the details of Thomistic hylomorphism will find much to consider in this extensively documented manuscript."--Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Table Of ContentForeword by Christopher Kaczor Preface Acknowledgments 1. What Am I? Questions of Human Nature and Identity 2. This is Us: Hylomorphic View of Human Nature 3. I Think, Therefore...: Varieties of Dualism 4. Thou Art Dust: Varieties of Materialism 5. Starting Out: The Beginning of Human Persons 6. End of Line: The Death of Human Persons 7. Is This All that I Am? Post-Mortem Persons 8. Who is My Sister or Brother? Treating Persons Ethically List of Aquinas's Works and Abbreviations Bibliography Index
SynopsisFor a human being to exist, does it require an immaterial mind, a physical body, a functioning brain, a soul? 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. 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 places Thomas 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 conclusions regarding when human beings first come into existence (at conception, during gestation, or after birth), how we ought to define death for human beings, and whether (and if so how) human beings may survive death. Ultimately, The Nature of Human Persons argues that the Thomistic account of human nature addresses the matters of human nature and survival more holistically than other theories and offers a cohesive portrait of one's continued existence from conception through life to death and beyond.
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