Being Born: Birth and Philosophy

by Alison Stone

All human beings are born and all human beings die. In these two ways we are finite: our lives begin and our lives come to an end. Historically philosophers have concentrated attention on our mortality--and comparatively little has been said about being born and how it shapes our existence. Alison Stone sets out to overcome this oversight by providing a systematic philosophical account of how being born shapes our condition as human beings. Drawing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198845782
• ISBN13: 9780198845782
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.7"