David W Shoemaker
Biographic Data
| ID | 4392005 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David W Shoemaker |
| GIVEN NAMES | David W |
| FAMILY NAME | Shoemaker |
| SIGNATURE | SHOEMAKER D W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Embryos, Souls, and the Fourth Dimension
Why would someone believe that an embryo is a human being, albeit an exceedingly tiny one? It is merely a cluster of cells, after all, and it in no way resembles ordinary human beings like you and me, entities with the functional abilities to think, feel, locomote, laugh, love, and actually be seen by the naked eye. Furthermore, even if embryos were human be ings, why would that fact alone generate a moral obligation on our part to refrain from h…
Utilitarianism and Personal Identity
Theoretical Persons and Practical Agents
Theoretical Persons and Practical Agents
Utilitarianism and Personal Identity
Embryos, Souls, and the Fourth Dimension
Why would someone believe that an embryo is a human being, albeit an exceedingly tiny one? It is merely a cluster of cells, after all, and it in no way resembles ordinary human beings like you and me, entities with the functional abilities to think, feel, locomote, laugh, love, and actually be seen by the naked eye. Furthermore, even if embryos were human be ings, why would that fact alone generate a moral obligation on our part to refrain from h…
Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Analytic philosophy (1 works) · Applied philosophy (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Combinatorics (1 works)