{"product_id":"persons-robert-spaemann-9780199281817","title":"Persons: The Difference Between Someone' and Something'","description":"An examination and defense of the concept of personality, long central to Western moral culture but now increasingly under attack, by a leading European philosopher. \u003cem\u003ePersons\u003c\/em\u003e takes issue with major contemporary philosophers, especially in the English-speaking world (such as Parfit and Singer), who have contributed to the eclipse of the idea, and traces the debate back to the foundations of modern philosophy in Descartes and Locke. Robert Spaemann offers extended discussions of the sources of the idea in Christian theology and its development in Western philosophy. He also provides a number of pointed discussions of pressing practical questions--for example, our treatment of the severely disabled human and the moral status of intelligent non-human animals. The book covers a great deal of ground before coming to a focused conclusion: all human beings are persons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Spaemann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199281815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199281817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.86w x 0.83d","brand":"Robert Spaemann","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064791642367,"sku":"9780199281817","price":230.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2adc29b0-a332-471a-a174-4e8d9f886012.jpg?v=1768671074","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/persons-robert-spaemann-9780199281817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}