Aquinas on the beginning and end of human life / Fabrizio Amerini ; translated by Mark Henninger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amerini, Fabrizio, author.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Standardized Title:

Tommaso d'Aquino. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Human embryo--Moral and ethical aspects.

Human embryo.

Soul--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Soul.

Soul--History of doctrines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 260 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, [2013]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1 General Principles of the Embryology of Thomas Aquinas 9

1 Some Constraints on Substantial Generation 17

2 Some Constraints on Substantial Form 28

2 The Nature of the Human Soul 34

1 The Unity of the Human Being and the Soul as the Substantial Form of the Body 35

2 The Identity of the Being of the Soul and the Being of the Body: Some Problems 45

3 The Status of the Embryo 52

1 The Origin of the Human Soul 53

2 Ensoulment of the Embryo: Opposing Positions 58

3 Two Different Intuitions concerning the Ensoulment of the Embryo 63

4 Some Problems 79

1 Discontinuity of Generation and Immediate Ensoulment 80

2 Formation versus Functioning of the Embryo 84

3 Natural Generation of the Body versus Creation of the Soul 99

5 The Identity of the Embryo 102

1 The Identity and Continuity of the Embryo 103

2 The Identity of the Subject of Generation 109

2.1 Different Kinds of Identity 112

2.2 Incomplete versus Complete Identity 117

2.3 Some Difficulties 124

3 The Identity of the Embryo and the Succession of Souls 133

4 Identity of Subject and Identity of Matter 137

4.1 The Material Continuity of the Human Body 142

4.2 Identity of Matter, Quantity, and Extension 146

6 Bioethical Implications 164

1 The Origin of Human Life and the Affirmation That the Embryo Is a Human Being in Potency 166

2 The Elusive Human Nature of the Embryo 176

3 Some Bioethical Consequences: Abortion, Homicide, and the Suppression of Life 181

7 The Beginning and End of Human Life 192

8 The Contemporary Debate over the Hominization of the Embryo 210.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

OCLC:

844923105

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