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Persons: The Difference between `Someone´ and `Something´
Robert Spaemann
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Paperback. 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. Translator(s): O'Donovan, Oliver. Series: Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
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. 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, ... Read more
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. 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, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198808480
SKU
V9780198808480
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About Robert Spaemann
Robert Spaemann is Emeritus Professor at the University of Munich and Honorary Professor of the University of Salzburg. His research focuses on Christian ethics with particular attention to bioethics, ecology, and human rights. Oliver O'Donovan is Professor Emeritus of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology at the University of Edinburgh. He is the Series Editor of the Oxford ... Read more
Reviews for Persons: The Difference between `Someone´ and `Something´
A prolific German Catholic intellectual historian, ethicist, political theorist, and public intellectual.
Arthur Madigan, The Journal of Religious Ethics Vol. 38, No. 2 (June 2010)
Until recently relatively unknown outside Germany, the work of the Christian moral philosopher Robert Spaemann is now commanding the attention of English readers; this elegant translation of his work on personhood will do ... Read more
Arthur Madigan, The Journal of Religious Ethics Vol. 38, No. 2 (June 2010)
Until recently relatively unknown outside Germany, the work of the Christian moral philosopher Robert Spaemann is now commanding the attention of English readers; this elegant translation of his work on personhood will do ... Read more