CedarEthics

What About the Soul? (11)

The CedarEthics podcast for November, 2007 is a discussion of the soul, and how this impacts our understanding of human personhood. We look back at Plato’s dialogue Phaedo, and we examine the history of the concept. We also look at the soul in Scripture.
Finally, we consider a beautiful engraving by William Blake, to illustrate a [...]

 

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November 15th, 2007

What Makes a Body Somebody? (9)

Today’s podcast continues our series on human personhood, this time delving into philosophy. We examine two competing views on human personhood, and we see why persons are not “piles of parts” like cars.

The Conception View of Personhood: A Review
Abortion, Bioethics and Personhood

Theme Music: Gli Uccelli (The Birds), Part I. Prelude (Allegro moderato), by Respighi, courtesy [...]

 

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June 2nd, 2007