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Author Sullivan, William F

Title Eye of the Heart : Knowing the Human Good in the Euthanasia Debate
Edition 2nd ed
Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (432 pages)
Series Lonergan Studies
Lonergan studies.
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviated Titles -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Euthanasia Debate and the Problem of a Philosophy of Heart: Questions, Context, and Arguments -- PART 1: THE RELEVANCE OF EMOTIONS TO THE EUTHANASIA DEBATE -- 2. Affective Elements of Two End-of-Life Stories and the Euthanasia Debate -- PART 2: HISTORICAL VIEWS ON THE RELEVANCE OF EMOTIONS IN THE MORAL LIFE -- 3. Historical Views on the Relevance and Role of Emotions in the Moral Life -- PART 3: LONERGAN'S VIEW OF THE ROLE OF AFFECT IN EVALUATIONS -- 4. Lonergan on Cognitional Structure: A Phenomenology of Mind -- 5. Lonergan on Cognitional Objectivity: An Epistemology and Metaphysics of Mind -- 6. Lonergan on the Role of Affect in Evaluations: A Phenomenology of Heart -- 7. Lonergan on the Objectivity of Evaluations: An Epistemology and Metaphysics of Heart -- PART 4: RAMIFICATIONS OF LONERGAN'S STANCE ON EVALUATIONS FOR THE EUTHANASIA DEBATE -- 8. A Critical Assessment of Lonergan's Account of the Role of Affect in Evaluations -- 9. Ramifications of Lonergan's Position for the Euthanasia Debate -- 10. Ramifications of Lonergan's Stance on the Eye of the Heart for Philosophy and for the Euthanasia Debate -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Eye of the Heart proposes that feelings are relevant to knowing moral values and orient us towards moral self-transcendence. The implications of this stance in ethics are drawn out for the euthanasia debate
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Lonergan, Bernard J. F
SUBJECT Lonergan, Bernard J. F. fast
Subject Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects
Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442674769
1442674768
1282029118
9781282029118
9786612029110
6612029110