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by Robert Spaemann; Oliver O'Donovan

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An examination and defense 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, 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.

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  • Title Persons: The Difference Between `Someone' and `Something'
  • Author Robert Spaemann; Oliver O'Donovan
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, 2006. 272p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics. Persons is a significant contribution to contemporary thinki
  • Publication date 2007-03-08
  • Features Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780199281817 / 0199281815
  • Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.7 x 5.86 x 0.83 in (22.10 x 14.88 x 2.11 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Topical: Family
  • Category Family / Parenting / Childbirth
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007296424
  • Dewey Decimal Code 241

About the author

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 Studies in Theological Ethics series and a past President of the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics. His publications include The Desire of the Nations (Cambridge University Press, 1996), Common Objects of Love (Eerdmans, 2002), and The Ways of Judgment (2005).

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