One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics - Brossura

Pruss, Alexander R.

 
9780268038977: One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics
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ISBN 10: 026803897X ISBN 13: 9780268038977
Casa editrice: Univ of Notre Dame Pr, 2012

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This important philosophical reflection on love and sexuality from a broadly Christian perspective is aimed at philosophers, theologians, and educated Christian readers. Alexander R. Pruss focuses on foundational questions on the nature of romantic love and on controversial questions in sexual ethics on the basis of the fundamental idea that romantic love pursues union of two persons as one body. One Body begins with an account, inspired by St. Thomas Aquinas, of the general nature of love as constituted by components of goodwill, appreciation, and unitiveness. Different forms of love, such as parental, collegial, filial, friendly, fraternal, or romantic, Pruss argues, differ primarily not in terms of goodwill or appreciation but in terms of the kind of union that is sought. Pruss examines romantic love as distinguished from other kinds of love by a focus on a particular kind of union, a deep union as one body achieved through the joint biological striving of the sort involved in reproduction. Taking the account of the union that romantic love seeks as a foundation, the book considers the nature of marriage and applies its account to controversial ethical questions, such as the connection between love, sex, and commitment and the moral issues involving contraception, same-sex activity, and reproductive technology. With philosophical rigor and sophistication, Pruss provides carefully argued answers to controversial questions in Christian sexual ethics.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Alexander R. Pruss is associate professor of philosophy at Baylor University. He is the author and co-editor of a number of books, including The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment.

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Editore
Univ of Notre Dame Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2012
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
026803897X
ISBN 13 
9780268038977
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
465
Contatto del produttore
University of Notre Dame Press
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9780268210090: One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics (Notre Dame Studies in Ethics and Culture)

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ISBN 10:  0268210098 ISBN 13:  9780268210090
Casa editrice: University of Notre Dame Press, 2024
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