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1 online resource (476 pages) |
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WHY A FETUS IS A HUMAN PERSON FROM THE MOMENT OF CONCEPTION: A Revisionist Interpretation ofThomas Aquinas's Treatise on Human Nature; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Abstract; Preface; Abbreviations Used; Foreword; Introduction: Aquinas, Hominization, and Personhood; Chapter 1: The Eternal Return of Natural Law; Chapter 2: An Account of Thomistic Anthropology; Chapter 3: Human Reason, Original Sin, and Beatitude; Chapter 4: What Is a Human Person?; Chapter 5: Some Other Thomistic Accounts of Hominization; Chapter 6: Concluding Thoughts Regarding Personhood; Works Cited; Index |
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This work discusses Thomistic anthropology and natural law ethics, in relation to contemporary scientific knowledge. It presents the argument that human-ness and even personhood begins at conception. The ethical implications of this view are also considered |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. Summa theologica. Pars 1. Quaestio 75-102
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Catholic Church -- Doctrines.
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Catholic Church fast |
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Summa theologica (Thomas, Aquinas, Saint) fast |
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Theological anthropology -- Catholic Church.
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Fetus -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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Christian ethics -- Catholic authors.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Christian ethics -- Catholic authors
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Fetus -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
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Theological anthropology -- Catholic Church
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Theology, Doctrinal
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Religion.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Christianity.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773416611 |
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0773416617 |
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