The Beginning of Personhood: A Thomistic Biological Analysis

‘When did I, a human person, begin to exist?’ In developing an answer to this question, I utilize a Thomistic framework, which holds that the human person is a composite of a biological organism and an intellective soul. Eric Olson and Norman Ford both argue that the beginning of an individual human...

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Main Author: Eberl, Jason T. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2000
In: Bioethics
Year: 2000, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 134-157
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