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Notre Dame Studies in Ethics and Culture Ser.: One Body : An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics by Alexander R. Pruss (2012, Trade Paperback)
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Pruss examines romantic love as distinguished from other kinds of love by a focus on a particular kind of union, a deep union as one body achieved through the joint biological striving of the sort involved in reproduction.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Notre Dame Press
ISBN-10026803897X
ISBN-139780268038977
eBay Product ID (ePID)17038281451
Product Key Features
Number of Pages478 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameOne Body : an Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics
SubjectEthics, Human Sexuality (See Also Psychology / Human Sexuality), Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Christian Life / Love & Marriage, Christian Theology / Ethics
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
AuthorAlexander R. Pruss
Subject AreaReligion, Philosophy, Social Science, Medical
SeriesNotre Dame Studies in Ethics and Culture Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight22.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2012-036268
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsThis is a terrific--really quite extraordinary--work of scholarship. It is quite simply the best work on Christian sexual ethics that I have seen. It will become the text that anyone who ventures into the field will have to grapple with--a kind of touchstone. Moreover, it is filled with arguments that even secular writers on sexual morality will have to engage and come to terms with.
Dewey Decimal241/.66
SynopsisThis book considers the nature of marriage and romantic love and the controversial questions in sexual ethics that arise within a Christian framework., This important philosophical reflection on love and sexuality from a broadly Christian perspective is aimed at philosophers, theologians, and educated Christian readers. Alexander R. Pruss focuses on foundational questions on the nature of romantic love and on controversial questions in sexual ethics on the basis of the fundamental idea that romantic love pursues union of two persons as one body. One Body begins with an account, inspired by St. Thomas Aquinas, of the general nature of love as constituted by components of goodwill, appreciation, and unitiveness. Different forms of love, such as parental, collegial, filial, friendly, fraternal, or romantic, Pruss argues, differ primarily not in terms of goodwill or appreciation but in terms of the kind of union that is sought. Pruss examines romantic love as distinguished from other kinds of love by a focus on a particular kind of union, a deep union as one body achieved through the joint biological striving of the sort involved in reproduction. Taking the account of the union that romantic love seeks as a foundation, the book considers the nature of marriage and applies its account to controversial ethical questions, such as the connection between love, sex, and commitment and the moral issues involving contraception, same-sex activity, and reproductive technology. With philosophical rigor and sophistication, Pruss provides carefully argued answers to controversial questions in Christian sexual ethics.
LC Classification NumberBT708.P75 2012
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