Morality Not Mortality

Author : William Horst
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666900293

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This study argues that the language of “death” as a present human plight in Romans 5–8 is best understood against the background of Hellenistic moral-psychological discourse, in which “death” refers to a state of moral bondage in which a person’s rational will is dominated by passions associated with the body. It is death of this sort, rather than human mortality or a cosmic power called “Death,” that entered the world through the transgression of Adam and Eve in Eden. Moral death was imposed on humanity as a judgment against this initial transgression, in order to increase sinful behavior, which ultimately serves to increase the magnitude of the glorious revelation of God’s grace through Jesus Christ. Likewise, creation’s subjection to “corruption” and “futility” in Romans 8 involves the detrimental effects of human moral corruption, not the physical corruption of death and decay. Ultimately, the plight on which Paul focuses much of his attention throughout Rom 5–8 is a matter of morality, not mortality.

Author : Frances Myrna Kamm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1132024390

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Morality, Mortality by Frances Myrna Kamm Pdf

Author : Uriel Abulof
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107097070

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The Mortality and Morality of Nations by Uriel Abulof Pdf

This book answers how mortality and morality figure and intertwine in the life and death of nations - both in theory and in practice.

Author : William Horst
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Bible
ISBN : OCLC:1143325045

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This study arues that the language of "death" as human plight in Rom 5-8 is best understood against the background of Platonic moral-psychological discourse, in which "death" refers to a state of moral bondage in wich a person's rational faculty is dominated by irrational passions and appetites associated with the body. It is death of this sort, rather than human mortality or "cosmic power" called "death," that "entered the world" through Adam's transgressions in Eden (Rom 5:12). Moral death was imposed on humanity as judgement against Adam's sin, in order to increase sinful behavior, which ultimately serves to increase the magnitude of the glorious revelation of God's grace through Jesus Christ. This study begins by tracing traditions of moral-psychological discourse, largely rooted in the wrtings of Plato, which shape Hellenistic philosophical writings, as well as a number of Helenistic Jewish writings, which are broadly relevant to understanding Paul's milieu. It then identifies a number of parallels between Paul's words about sin and death in Rom 6:1-8:3 and this Helenistic tradition of moral discourse. It further argues that the inception of death and sin through Adam in Rom 5:12-21 should likewise be understood in terms of the inception of moral death, which is a divine judgement against sin that ultimately serves God's purposes in the glorious reveaton grace through Christ. It then offers interpretations of several passages that have often been understod in reference to the inception of mortality through Eden, but which can better be understood in reference to the inception of mortality through Eden, but which can be better understood in a manner more in line with the themes of this study (Rom 1:23, 3:23, 8:19-23). Ultimately, the human plight on which Paul focuses much of his attention throughout Rom 5-8 is a matter or morality, not mortality.

Author : F. M. Kamm
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1998-05-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198024019

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Morality, Mortality by F. M. Kamm Pdf

Why is death bad for us, even on the assumption that it involves the absence of experience? Is it worse for us than prenatal nonexistence? Kamm begins by considering these questions, critically examining some answers other philosophers have given. She explores in detail suggestions based on our greater concern over the loss of future versus past goods and those based on the insult to persons which death involves. In the second part, Kamm deals with the question, "Whom should we save from death if we cannot save everyone?" She considers whether and when the numbers of lives we can save matter in our choice, and whether the extra good we achieve if we save some lives rather than others should play a role in deciding whom to save. Issues such as fairness, solidarity, the role of random decision procedures, and the relation between subjective and objective points of view are discussed, with an eye to properly incorporating these into a nonconsequentialist ethical theory. In conclusion, the book examines specifically what differences between persons are relevant to the distribution of any scarce resource, discussing for example, the distribution (and acquisition) of bodily organs for transplantation. Kamm provides criticism of some current procedures for distribution and acquisition of a scarce resource and makes suggestions for alternatives.

Author : F. M. Kamm
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198024590

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Morality, Mortality by F. M. Kamm Pdf

In Morality, Mortality, Volume II, Kamm continues to explore questions of life and death as illustrations of general issues in moral theory. Resuming her development of non- consequentialist ethical theory and its application to practical ethical problems, she explores the distinction between killing and letting die, between harming and not aiding, and between intending and foreseeing harm. Throughout this examination, she focuses on the methodology used in analyzing these questions. Kamm develops a principled account of when harming some to save others is permissable and impermissable. In the process, she discusses the "Survival Lottery and Trolley Problem," and other related dilemmatic situations. Kamm then covers the concepts of rights and prerogatives, contrasting a victim-focused account of rights with that of an agent-relative account. Here, she considers the problem of minimizing rights violations, and the significance of the status of inviolability. She concludes Volume II by assessing whether agreements or superogatory conduct may permissably override restrictions, and what their doing or not doing indicates about morality, duties, and prerogatives.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Death
ISBN : 0195119118

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Morality, Mortality by Anonim Pdf

Author : Wesley J. Smith
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781458778413

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The Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America (Large Print 16pt) by Wesley J. Smith Pdf

When his teenaged son Christopher, brain-damaged in an auto accident, developed a 106-degree fever following weeks of unconsciousness, John Campbell asked the attending physician for help. The doctor refused. Why bother? The boy's life was effectively over. Campbell refused to accept this verdict. He demanded treatment and threatened legal action. The doctor finally relented. With treatment, Christopher's temperature subsided almost immediately. Soon afterwards he regained consciousness and today he is learning to walk again. This story is one of many Wesley Smith recounts in his groundbreaking new book, The Culture of Death. Smith believes that American medicine ''is changing from a system based on the sanctity of human life into a starkly utilitarian model in which the medically defenseless are seen as having not just a 'right' but a 'duty' to die.'' Going behind the current scenes of our health care system, he shows how doctors withdraw desired care based on Futile Care Theory rather than provide it as required by the Hippocratic Oath. And how ''bioethicists'' influence policy by considering questions such as whether organs may be harvested from the terminally ill and disabled. This is a passionate, yet coolly reasoned book about the current crisis in medical ethics by an author who has made ''the new thanatology'' his consuming interest.

Author : Lloyd Steffen,Dennis R. Cooley
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451487572

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The Ethics of Death by Lloyd Steffen,Dennis R. Cooley Pdf

In The Ethics of Death, the authors, one a philosopher and one a religious studies scholar, undertake an examination of the deaths that we experience as members of a larger moral community. Their respectful and engaging dialogue highlights the complex and challenging issues that surround many deaths in our modern world and helps readers frame thoughtful responses. Unafraid of difficult topics, Steffen and Cooley fully engage suicide, physician assisted suicide, euthanasia, capital punishment, abortion, and war as areas of life where death poses moral challenges.

Author : Frances Myrna Kamm
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 019507789X

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Morality, mortality by Frances Myrna Kamm Pdf

Why is death bad for us, even on the assumption that it involves the absence of experience? Is it worse for us than prenatal nonexistence? Kamm begins by considering these questions, critically examining some answers other philosophers have given. She explores in detail suggestions based on our greater concern over the loss of future versus past goods and those based on the insult to persons which death involves. In the second part, Kamm deals with the question, "Whom should we save from death if we cannot save everyone?" She considers whether and when the numbers of lives we can save matter in our choice, and whether the extra good we achieve if we save some lives rather than others should play a role in deciding whom to save. Issues such as fairness, solidarity, the role of random decision procedures, and the relation between subjective and objective points of view are discussed, with an eye to properly incorporating these into a nonconsequentialist ethical theory. In conclusion, the book examines specifically what differences between persons are relevant to the distribution of any scarce resource, discussing for example, the distribution (and acquisition) of bodily organs for transplantation. Kamm provides criticism of some current procedures for distribution and acquisition of a scarce resource and makes suggestions for alternatives.

Author : James Stacey Taylor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199751136

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The Metaphysics and Ethics of Death by James Stacey Taylor Pdf

The Metaphysics and Ethics of Death brings together original essays that both address the fundamental questions of the metaphysics of death and explore the relationship between those questions and some of the areas of applied ethics in which they play a central role.

Author : Frances Myrna Kamm
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Death
ISBN : 9780195119114

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Morality, Mortality: Death and whom to save from it by Frances Myrna Kamm Pdf

Critically examining other philosophers ideas, the author of this work explores the thinking behind the distribution of scarce resources, such as transplant organs.

Author : Bonnie Steinbock,Alastair Norcross
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0823215628

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Killing and Letting Die by Bonnie Steinbock,Alastair Norcross Pdf

This collection contains twenty-one thought-provoking essays on the controversies surrounding the moral and legal distinctions between euthanasia and "letting die." Since public awareness of this issue has increased this second edition includes nine entirely new essays which bring the treatment of the subject up-to-date. The urgency of this issue can be gauged in recent developments such as the legalization of physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands, "how-to" manuals topping the bestseller charts in the United States, and the many headlines devoted to Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who has assisted dozens of patients to die. The essays address the range of questions involved in this issue pertaining especially to the fields of medical ethics, public policymaking, and social philosophy. The discussions consider the decisions facing medical and public policymakers, how those decisions will affect the elderly and terminally ill, and the medical and legal ramifications for patients in a permanently vegetative state, as well as issues of parent/infant rights. The book is divided into two sections. The first, "Euthanasia and the Termination of Life-Prolonging Treatment" includes an examination of the 1976 Karen Quinlan Supreme Court decision and selections from the 1990 Supreme Court decision in the case of Nancy Cruzan. Featured are articles by law professor George Fletcher and philosophers Michael Tooley, James Rachels, and Bonnie Steinbock, with new articles by Rachels, and Thomas Sullivan. The second section, "Philosophical Considerations," probes more deeply into the theoretical issues raised by the killing/letting die controversy, illustrating exceptionally well the dispute between two rival theories of ethics, consequentialism and deontology. It also includes a corpus of the standard thought on the debate by Jonathan Bennet, Daniel Dinello, Jeffrie Murphy, John Harris, Philipa Foot, Richard Trammell, and N. Ann Davis, and adds articles new to this edition by Bennett, Foot, Warren Quinn, Jeff McMahan, and Judith Lichtenberg.

Author : Frances Myrna Kamm
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780195144024

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Morality, Mortality: Rights, duties and status by Frances Myrna Kamm Pdf

Critically examining other philosophers ideas, the author of this work explores the thinking behind the distribution of scarce resources, such as transplant organs.

Author : Frances Myrna Kamm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Death
ISBN : 0199870993

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Morality, Mortality by Frances Myrna Kamm Pdf

Critically examining other philosophers ideas, the author of this work explores the thinking behind the distribution of scarce resources, such as transplant organs.