Who Count As Persons
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Who Count As Persons
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Author : John F. Kavanaugh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Who Count As Persons written by John F. Kavanaugh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Philosophy categories.
Just what is a human being? Who counts? The answers to these questions are crucial when one is faced with the ethical issue of taking human life. In this affirmation of the intrinsic personal dignity and inviolability of every human individual, John Kavanaugh, S. J., denies that it can ever be moral to intentionally kill another. Today in every corner of the world men and women are willing to kill others in the name of "realism" and under the guise of race, class, quality of life, sex, property, nationalism, security, or religion. We justify these killings by either excluding certain humans from our definition of personhood or by invoking a greater good or more pressing value. Kavanaugh contends that neither alternative is acceptable. He formulates an ethics that opposes the intentional killing not only of medically "marginal" humans but also of depersonalized or criminalized enemies. Offering a philosophy of the person that embraces the undeveloped, the wounded, and the dying, he proposes ways to recover a personal ethical stance in a global society that increasingly devalues the individual. Kavanaugh discusses the work of a range of philosophers, artists, and activists from Richard Rorty and S�ren Kierkegaard to Albert Camus and Woody Allen, from Mother Teresa to Jack Kevorkian. His approach is in stark contrast to that of writer Peter Singer and others who believe that not all human life has intrinsic moral worth. It will challenge philosophers, students of ethics, and anyone concerned about the depersonalization of contemporary life.
The Constitution Of Selves
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Author : Marya Schechtman
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1996
The Constitution Of Selves written by Marya Schechtman and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Philosophy categories.
An amnesia victim asking "Who am I?" means something different from a confused adolescent asking the same question. Marya Schechtman takes issue with analytic philosophy's emphasis on the first sort of question to the exclusion of the second. The problem of personal identity, she suggests, is usually understood to be a question about historical life. What she calls the "reidentification question" is taken to be the real metaphysical question of personal identity, whereas questions about beliefs or values and the actions they prompt, the "characterization question," are often presented as merely metaphorical. Failure to recognize the philosophical importance of both these questions, Schechtman argues, has undermined analytic philosophy's attempts at offering a satisfying account of personal identity. Considerations related to the characterization question creep unrecognized into discussions of reidentification, with the result that neither question is adequately addressed. Schechtman shows how separating the two questions allows for a more fruitful approach to the reidentification question, and she develops her own narrative account of characterization. She suggests that persons constitute their identities by developing autobiographical narratives that bear the right relation to facts about the environment, the general concept of a person, and other people's concepts of who they are.
1980 Census Of Population And Housing
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
1980 Census Of Population And Housing written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with categories.
Congressional Districts Of The 99th Congress Washington
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Congressional Districts Of The 99th Congress Washington written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Apportionment (Election law) categories.
Congressional Districts Of The 98th Congress
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
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Census Of Population 1960
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language : en
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Release Date : 1963
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Census Of Population 1960 Characteristics Of The Population Pt A And Numb Pts In
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Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Census Of Population 1960 Characteristics Of The Population Pt A And Numb Pts In written by United States. Bureau of the Census and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Census categories.
Census Of Population 1960
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Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Census Of Population 1960 written by United States. Bureau of the Census and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Households categories.
Characteristics Of The Population North Carolina 1960
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Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Characteristics Of The Population North Carolina 1960 written by United States. Bureau of the Census and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with North Carolina categories.
The Methods And Materials Of Demography
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Author : Henry S. Shryock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
The Methods And Materials Of Demography written by Henry S. Shryock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Demography categories.