León R Kass
Biographic Data
| ID | 5395287 |
|---|---|
| NAME | León R Kass |
| GIVEN NAMES | León R |
| FAMILY NAME | Kass |
| SIGNATURE | KASS L R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
What So Proudly We Hail
The Moral Fog of Progress ‐ Fall 2003
How Brave a New World
Excoriating Technology
Appreciating The Phenomenon of Life
It is twenty-six years since I first met Hans Jonas in the pages of his book, The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology. I was then a practicing biochemist working at the National Institutes of Health. But I was a some-what eccentric biochemist, both because I had acquired a moralist's interest in the meaning of the new biology and, even more, because I had a vague interest in the philosophy of organism, secretly harboring inarticula…
The Troubled Dream of Nature as a Moral Guide
Organization. Not only is illness Can Nature a part of our human nature, so too the correlation between Serve as a happiness and good health is more tenuous than the modern Moral Guide? mind has been willing to see. A greater attention to nature will help inoculate us against that silliest of all modern views: that our deepest values and institutions are nothing more than social constructs, dissoluble at will. It will help us locate the limits to…
Appreciating The Phenomenon of Life
It is twenty-six years since I first met Hans Jonas in the pages of his book, The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology. I was then a practicing biochemist working at the National Institutes of Health. But I was a some-what eccentric biochemist, both because I had acquired a moralist's interest in the meaning of the new biology and, even more, because I had a vague interest in the philosophy of organism, secretly harboring inarticula…
Is There a Right to Die
To speak of rights in the very troubling matter of medically managed death is ill suited both to sound personal decisionmaking and to sensible public policy. There is no firm philosophical or legal argument for a "right to die."
A Right to Exit
Practicing Ethics
Kass uses the occasion of the Hastings Center's 20th anniversary to\ncritique contemporary bioethics. He describes what he terms seven "dominant\nfashions" in the modern practice of ethics that he believes have resulted in a\ntheoretical and rationalistic approach with grave weaknesses. He raises\nquestions about the relationship between moral theory and moral action, and\nabout the nature and formation of a moral life. In discussing the future w…
Doing What Comes Naturally
Thinking about the Body
The relation between a human being and his body is a complicated\nquestion made more problematic by new technologies. Kass ponders the\n"mind-body problem" in its many aspects. He discusses the body in speech and\nexperience, examines its unitary and bipolar properties, and comments on the\nresults of upright posture and on the body as a source of both pride and\nhumility. He considers the nature of human dignity and the development of\nsociabili…
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Thinking about the Body
The relation between a human being and his body is a complicated\nquestion made more problematic by new technologies. Kass ponders the\n"mind-body problem" in its many aspects. He discusses the body in speech and\nexperience, examines its unitary and bipolar properties, and comments on the\nresults of upright posture and on the body as a source of both pride and\nhumility. He considers the nature of human dignity and the development of\nsociabili…
Doing What Comes Naturally
Practicing Ethics
Kass uses the occasion of the Hastings Center's 20th anniversary to\ncritique contemporary bioethics. He describes what he terms seven "dominant\nfashions" in the modern practice of ethics that he believes have resulted in a\ntheoretical and rationalistic approach with grave weaknesses. He raises\nquestions about the relationship between moral theory and moral action, and\nabout the nature and formation of a moral life. In discussing the future w…
A Right to Exit
Is There a Right to Die
To speak of rights in the very troubling matter of medically managed death is ill suited both to sound personal decisionmaking and to sensible public policy. There is no firm philosophical or legal argument for a "right to die."
Appreciating The Phenomenon of Life
It is twenty-six years since I first met Hans Jonas in the pages of his book, The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology. I was then a practicing biochemist working at the National Institutes of Health. But I was a some-what eccentric biochemist, both because I had acquired a moralist's interest in the meaning of the new biology and, even more, because I had a vague interest in the philosophy of organism, secretly harboring inarticula…
The Troubled Dream of Nature as a Moral Guide
Organization. Not only is illness Can Nature a part of our human nature, so too the correlation between Serve as a happiness and good health is more tenuous than the modern Moral Guide? mind has been willing to see. A greater attention to nature will help inoculate us against that silliest of all modern views: that our deepest values and institutions are nothing more than social constructs, dissoluble at will. It will help us locate the limits to…
Appreciating The Phenomenon of Life
It is twenty-six years since I first met Hans Jonas in the pages of his book, The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology. I was then a practicing biochemist working at the National Institutes of Health. But I was a some-what eccentric biochemist, both because I had acquired a moralist's interest in the meaning of the new biology and, even more, because I had a vague interest in the philosophy of organism, secretly harboring inarticula…
Excoriating Technology
The Moral Fog of Progress ‐ Fall 2003
How Brave a New World
What So Proudly We Hail
Psychology (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations (4 works) · Ethics in medical practice (3 works) · Psychoanalysis (3 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works)