人格：「誰か」と「何か」の差異 Persons : The Difference between `Someone' and `Something' (Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics)

Spaemann, Robert/ O'Donovan, Oliver (TRN)

Oxford University Press（2006/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 272 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780199281817
• DDC分類 210.1

基本説明

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 motal status of intelligent non-human animals.

Full Description

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. It 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. There are extended discussions of the sources of the idea in Christian theology and its development in Western philosophy. There are also a number of pointed discussions of pressing practical questions - for example, our treatment of the severely disabled human and the moral status of intelligent non-human animals. The book covers a great deal of ground before coming to a focused conclusion: all human beings are persons - and perhaps all porpoises, too!

Contents

Introduction ; 1. Why we Speak of Persons ; 2. Why we call Persons 'Persons' ; 3. How we Identify Persons ; 4. The Negative ; 5. Intentionality ; 6. Transcendence ; 7. Fiction ; 8. Religion ; 9. Time ; 10. Death and the Future Perfect Tense ; 11. Independence of Context ; 12. Subjects ; 13. Souls ; 14. Conscience ; 15. Recognition ; 16. Freedom ; 17. Promise and Forgiveness ; 18. Are All Human Beings Persons?