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Author:   John P. Lizza (Professor and Chair, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 4.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.975kg
ISBN:  

9780801893360

ISBN 10:   0801893364
Pages:   600
Publication Date:   27 December 2009
Recommended Age:   From 13
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Preface List of Authors Index Part I: Theories of Persons Chapter 1. Selections from the Phaedo Chapter 2. Selections from Meditations on First Philosophy Chapter 3. Selections from ""Personal Identity: The Dualist Theory"" Chapter 4. Selections from Summa Theologiae Chapter 5. Terra es animata: On Having a Life Chapter 6. An Argument for Animalism Chapter 7. Selection from An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Chapter 8. The Unimportance of Identity Chapter 9. Persons Chapter 10. Real Selves: Persons as a Substantial Kind Chapter 11. The Ontological Status of Persons Chapter 12. Selections from Part III of Mind, Self, and Society from the Standpoint of a Social Behaviorist Chapter 13. The Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man Chapter 14. Selection from Personal Being Chapter 15. Selection from Dementia Reconsidered: The Person Comes First Chapter 16. Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person Part II: Persons at the Beginning of Life Chapter 17. Jewish Perspectives on Abortion Chapter 18. When Do People Begin? Chapter 19. Thomism and the Beginning of Personhood Chapter 20. Individuals, Humans, and Persons: The Issue of Moral Status Chapter 21. On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion Chapter 22. Ethics and Embryos Chapter 23. When Does a Person Begin? Part III: Persons at the End of Life Chapter 24. The Biophilosophical Basis of Whole- Brain Death Chapter 25. The Definition of Death in Jewish Law Chapter 26. An Unfounded Diagnosis: Revisiting the Medical and Metaphysical Justifications of ""Brain Death"" Chapter 27. St. Thomas on the Beginning and Ending of Human Life Chapter 28. The Impending Collapse of the Whole- Brain Definition of Death Chapter 29. Against the Stream: Comments on the Definition and Redefinition of Death Chapter 30. Brain Death and Personal Identity Chapter 31. On the Defi nition of Death Chapter 32. Selection from Controversies in the Determination of Death: A White Paper Index"

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John P. Lizza is a professor and the chair of the Department of Philosophy at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and author of Persons, Humanity, and the Definition of Death, also published by Johns Hopkins.

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