Download or read book The Value of a Human Life written by Karel Innemée and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-20 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experts from different disciplines present new insights into the subject of ritual homicide in various regions of the ancient world.
Download or read book The Human Life written by George O'Neil and published by Mercury Press (Canada). This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding one's course through life, navigating between the "given, " or what life brings to one, and the "achieved, " what one can accomplish out of one's self, has become increasingly difficult. The Human Life unfolds a picture of the archetypes of human life patterns including: the seven-year periods, descent and ascent of the human spirit, human life as a reflection of historic development and evolution of consciousness, planetary influences, destiny and freedom, karmic companions, polarities in human life, the three levels of life -- body, soul, and spirit, and more. This book, the fruit of a life-work in anthroposophy by two leading figures in the development of anthroposophy in America, is an invaluable resource for understanding human life and development.
Download or read book The Sanctity of Human Life written by David Novak and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-29 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heated debates are not unusual when confronting tough medical issues where it seems that moral and religious perspectives often erupt in conflict with philosophical or political positions. In The Sanctity of Human Life, Jewish theologian David Novak acknowledges that it is impossible not to take into account the theological view of human life, but the challenge is how to present the religious perspective to nonreligious people. In doing so, he shows that the two positions—the theological and the philosophical—aren't as far apart as they may seem. Novak digs deep into Jewish scripture and tradition to find guidance for assessing three contemporary controversies in medicine and public policy: the use of embryos to derive stem cells for research, socialized medicine, and physician-assisted suicide. Beginning with thinkers like Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Nietsche, and drawing on great Jewish figures in history—Maimonides, Rashi, and various commentators on the Torah (written law) and the Mishnah (oral law)—Novak speaks brilliantly to these modern moral dilemmas. The Sanctity of Human Life weaves a rich and sophisticated tapestry of evidence to conclude that the Jewish understanding of the human being as sacred, as the image of God, is in fact compatible with philosophical claims about the rights of the human person—especially the right to life—and can be made intelligible to secular culture. Thus, according to Novak, the use of stem cells from embryos is morally unacceptable; the sanctity of the human person, and not capitalist or socialist approaches, should drive our understanding of national health care; and physician-assisted suicide violates humankind's fundamental responsibility for caring for one another. Novak's erudite argument and rigorous scholarship will appeal to all scholars and students engaged in the work of theology and bioethics.
Download or read book The Deepest Human Life written by Scott Samuelson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible and thought-provoking introduction to philosophy shows how the eternal questions can shed light on our lives and struggles. These days, we generally leave philosophical matters to professional philosophers. Scott Samuelson thinks this is tragic, for our lives as well as for philosophy. In The Deepest Human Life, he restores philosophy to its proper place at the center of our humanity, rediscovering it as our most profound effort toward understanding, as a way of life that anyone can live. Exploring the works of some of history’s most important thinkers in the context of the everyday struggles of his students, Samuelson guides readers through the most vexing quandaries of existence—and shows just how enriching the examined life can be. Samuelson begins at the beginning: with Socrates, and the method he developed for approaching our greatest mysteries. From there he embarks on a journey through the history of philosophy, demonstrating how it is encoded in our own personal quests for meaning. Through heartbreaking stories, humanizing biographies, accessible theory, and evocative interludes like “On Wine and Bicycles” or “On Zombies and Superheroes,” Samuelson invests philosophy with the personal and vice versa. The result is a book that is at once a primer and a reassurance—that the most important questions endure, coming to life in each of us. Winner of the 2015 Hiett Prize in the Humanities
Download or read book Human Life written by Herbert M. Shelton and published by Health Research Books. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Study of Human Life written by Joshua Bennett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An acclaimed poet further extends his range into the realm of speculative fiction, while addressing issues as varied as abolition, Black ecological consciousness, and the boundless promise of parenthood Featuring the novella “The Book of Mycah,” soon to be adapted by Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions & Warner Bros. TV Across three sequences, Joshua Bennett’s new book recalls and reimagines social worlds almost but not entirely lost, all while gesturing toward the ones we are building even now, in the midst of a state of emergency, together. Bennett opens with a set of autobiographical poems that deal with themes of family, life, death, vulnerability, and the joys and dreams of youth. The central section, “The Book of Mycah,” features an alternate history where Malcolm X is resurrected from the dead, as is a young black man shot by the police some fifty years later in Brooklyn. The final section of The Study of Human Life are poems that Bennett has written about fatherhood, on the heels of his own first child being born last fall.
Download or read book Aquinas on the Beginning and End of Human Life written by Fabrizio Amerini and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contemporary discussions of abortion, both sides argue well-worn positions, particularly concerning the question, When does human life begin? Though often invoked by the Catholic Church for support, Thomas Aquinas in fact held that human life begins after conception, not at the moment of union. But his overall thinking on questions of how humans come into being, and cease to be, is more subtle than either side in this polarized debate imagines. Fabrizio Amerini—an internationally-renowned scholar of medieval philosophy—does justice to Aquinas’ views on these controversial issues. Some pro-life proponents hold that Aquinas’ position is simply due to faulty biological knowledge, and if he knew what we know today about embryology, he would agree that human life begins at conception. Others argue that nothing Aquinas could learn from modern biology would have changed his mind. Amerini follows the twists and turns of Aquinas’ thinking to reach a nuanced and detailed solution in the final chapters that will unsettle familiar assumptions and arguments. Systematically examining all the pertinent texts and placing each in historical context, Amerini provides an accurate reconstruction of Aquinas’ account of the beginning and end of human life and assesses its bioethical implications for today. This major contribution is available to an English-speaking audience through translation by Mark Henninger, himself a noted scholar of medieval philosophy.
Download or read book What is the Meaning of Human Life written by Raymond A. Belliotti and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2001 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines core concerns of human life. What is the relationship between a meaningful life and theism? Why are some human beings radically adrift, without radical foundations, and struggling with hopelessness? Is the cosmos meaningless? Is human life akin to the ancient Myth of Sisyphus? What is the role of struggle and suffering in creating meaning? How do we discover or create value? Is happiness overrated as a goal of life? How, if at all, can we learn to die meaningfully?
Download or read book The Beginnings of Human Life written by E. Blechschmidt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Four Objectives of Human Life written by J. M. Mehta and published by Pustak Mahal. This book was released on 2006-07-11 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book basically deals with philosophy of Hinduism which consists of four main objectives that can be achieved only in this life on earth, and none other. On the basis of the study of ancient spiritual thoughts, the author has made an honest endeavour to briefly explain the contents of these objectives and how to achieve them. Human life is a priceless gift of God and has a divine purpose. It should not be wasted in mundane pursuits. This is a must-read for all sensible persons who are striving to know the true purpose of their existence on earth.
Download or read book The Sacredness of Human Life written by David P. Gushee and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-14 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive examination of the sacredness of human life, encompassing biblical roots, theological elaborations, historical cases, and contemporary ethical perspectives. Gushee argues that viewing human life as sacred is one of the most precious legacies of biblical faith-- albeit one that the church has too often failed to uphold.
Download or read book The Phenomenology of Everyday Life written by Howard R. Pollio and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-09-28 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents results from a qualitative approach to the psychological study of everyday human experiences.
Download or read book The Economy of Human Life written by Trevor Green and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Economy of Human Life was written and published in the 18th century. Supposedly an ancient text of wisdom and religion from India, found in China and translated for an English Earl. The book was quite popular in the late 18th century and early 19th century, selling through two hundred editions in multiple languages. This work is now one of the most obscure gems of English literature, brilliant, insightful and masterful in delivery. Dr. Trevor Green has updated the original text into modern English, while retaining the meaning and style. He also explores the history of the book, identifies the original author, along with the sources from which the original author used in compiling the wisdom of his day. Those interested in Mysticism, Kabbalah, Religion, Philosophy and Freemasonry will find many curious correlations to the ancient schools profusely intertwined in this curious manuscript. This short work exists as a mine, in which the reader can explore its depths and search for inner treasures hidden along the way. Written so that no matter who approaches the work, everyone may take freely the treasure of his own understanding.
Download or read book Moses written by Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unprecedented portrait of Moses's inner world and perplexing character, by a distinguished biblical scholar No figure looms larger in Jewish culture than Moses, and few have stories more enigmatic. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, acclaimed for her many books on Jewish thought, turns her attention to Moses in this remarkably rich, evocative book. Drawing on a broad range of sources—literary as well as psychoanalytic, a wealth of classical Jewish texts alongside George Eliot, W. G. Sebald, and Werner Herzog—Zornberg offers a vivid and original portrait of the biblical Moses. Moses's vexing personality, his uncertain origins, and his turbulent relations with his own people are acutely explored by Zornberg, who sees this story, told and retold, as crucial not only to the biblical past but also to the future of Jewish history.
Download or read book The Problem of Human Life as Viewed by the Great Thinkers from Plato to the Present Time written by Rudolf Eucken and published by New York, Scribner. This book was released on 1909 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Purpose of Human Life written by Satbinder Kharay and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a true story, this book is about an ordinary man whose destiny placed him on a spiritual path to God in order to contact and meet with him in this lifetime. It is filled with many wondrous experiences and visions that he encountered on the way including proving the existence of God on earth. His remarkable spiritual journey has enabled him to answer the burning questions of why we took human birth, what kind of life forms we actually are, where we came from and what we are all here for. A great read that unfolds the eternal source of all divine influence, knowledge and guidance.
Download or read book The Circle of Human Life written by August Tholuck and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
