Potentiality: Metaphysical and Bioethical Dimensions
Author:   John P. Lizza (Professor and Chair, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
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Pages:   288
Publication Date:   12 April 2014
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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: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9781421411743


ISBN 10:   1421411741
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   12 April 2014
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: The Nature of Potentiality 1. Aristotle's Theory of Potentiality 2. Dispositions and Potentialities 3. The Paradoxes of Potentiality 4. Physical Possibility and Potentiality in Ethics 5. Abortion: Listening to the Middle Part II: Potentiality at the Beginning of Life 6. Persons with Potential 7. The Moral Status of Stem Cells 8. Potential 9. Abortion and the Margins of Personhood 10. Revisiting the Argument from Fetal Potential Part III: Potentiality at the End of Life 11. Are DCD Doners Dead? 12. The Irreversibility of Death: Metaphysical, Physiological, Medical or Ethical? 13. On the Ethical Relevance of Active versus Passive Potentiality List of Contributors Index

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This book is a very precious work that contributes vigorously to philosophical research. Springer


This book is a very precious work that contributes vigorously to philosophical research. * Springer * I highly recommend this collection to anyone interested in the potentiality debate at the margins of life's beginnings and endings. * Quarterly Review of Biology * In sum, both for the richness of its content and for the challenging questions it raises, this volume offers an enjoyable reading about potentiality and its implications in debates concerning the beginning and end of life. * Medical Health Care and Philosophy *


Author Information

John P. Lizza is the chair of the Department of Philosophy at Kutztown University, author of Persons, Humanity, and the Definition of Death, and editor of Defining the Beginning and End of Life: Readings on Personal Identity and Bioethics, both published by Johns Hopkins.

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