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Perfection : coming to terms with being human / Michael J. Hyde
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TextPublication details: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2010Description: xvii, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781602582446
- 1602582440
- BD233 .H93 2010
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Review: "In a survey of the history of the idea of human perfection, Michael J. Hyde leads an excursion through philosophy, religion, science, and art. He delves into the canon of Western thought, drawing on figures from St. Augustine and John Rawls to Leonardo da Vinci and David Hume to Kenneth Burke and Mary Shelley. On the journey, Hyde expounds on the workings of daily existence, the development of reason, and the bounds of beauty. In the end, he ponders the consequences of the perfection-driven impulse of medical science and considers the implications of the burgeoning rhetoric of "our posthuman future." It is a triumphant examination of the human quest for significance."--BOOK JACKET
Coming to terms with perfection -- God on a good day -- Interpreting the call -- The otherness all around us -- Reason -- Beauty -- The lived body -- The good life, the good death -- The biotechnology debate -- On being an oxymoron
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| 179.7 W476T Terminal choices : euthanasia, suicide, and the right to die / | 179.9 C647I Integrity : | 179.9 G871F Forgiveness : a philosophical exploration / | 179.9 H993P Perfection : | 179.9 T341B Burdened virtues : virtue ethics for liberatory struggles / | 180 F869A The age of belief : | 180 J65H A history of ancient philosophy : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-308) index
Coming to terms with perfection -- God on a good day -- Interpreting the call -- The otherness all around us -- Reason -- Beauty -- The lived body -- The good life, the good death -- The biotechnology debate -- On being an oxymoron
"In a survey of the history of the idea of human perfection, Michael J. Hyde leads an excursion through philosophy, religion, science, and art. He delves into the canon of Western thought, drawing on figures from St. Augustine and John Rawls to Leonardo da Vinci and David Hume to Kenneth Burke and Mary Shelley. On the journey, Hyde expounds on the workings of daily existence, the development of reason, and the bounds of beauty. In the end, he ponders the consequences of the perfection-driven impulse of medical science and considers the implications of the burgeoning rhetoric of "our posthuman future." It is a triumphant examination of the human quest for significance."--BOOK JACKET
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