Body-Self Dualism in Contemporary Ethics and Politics

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ID19909602
AuthorsPatrick Lee (0000-0002-8341-6276, Franciscan University of Steubenville), Robert P George (Princeton University)
Year2007
Publication date2007-11-05
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueBody-Self Dualism in Contemporary Ethics and Politics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511509643
OpenAlexW1583649647
ISBN9780511509643
Open LibraryOL34438269M
LanguageEN
Citations received12

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

Aesthetics · Animal ethics · Dualism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Identity (music) · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Theology and Philosophy of Evil

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