Body–Self Dualism in Contemporary Ethics and Politics
The primary thesis of this work is that many views on sex, abortion, and euthanasia entail that a person is not identical to her/his body, a position the authors regard as untenable. Lee and George begin with the belief that metaphysical views on the nature of humanity have vast, and often unobserve...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2009, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 155-157 |
| Review of: | Body-self dualism in contemporary ethics and politics (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008) (Robinson, Brian J.)
Body-self dualism in contemporary ethics and politics (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008) (Robinson, Brian J.) Body-self dualism in contemporary ethics and politics (Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2008) (Robinson, Brian J.) |
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| Summary: | The primary thesis of this work is that many views on sex, abortion, and euthanasia entail that a person is not identical to her/his body, a position the authors regard as untenable. Lee and George begin with the belief that metaphysical views on the nature of humanity have vast, and often unobserved, influence on debates in modern ethics and politics. Therefore, it is worthwhile to examine metaphysical assumptions in order to determine whether they are leading us to false ethical conclusions. The authors take it as their task to demonstrate first the errors of body–self dualism, a view rampant in contemporary debate, and then by extension the ethical positions that view supports. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csp032 |