Persons--What Philosophers Say about You

by Verne Warren Bourgeois and Warren Bourgeois

How do we define what a person is? Can one suffer radical change and still be a person though not the same person one once was? Is it possible to still be a human being but not a person at all? The word "person" has become a familiar part of many an activist's battle cry in the latter half of the twentieth century: it has been used abundantly by feminists, ethnic groups as well as pro-life and pro-choice advocates. We constantly hear, in medical ethics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889202516
• ISBN13: 9780889202511
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A work of considerable scholarship

Now in an amended second edition, Persons: What Philosophers Say About You by academician and philosopher Warren Bourgeois is an impressively thoughtful work which is influenced by the tragedy of a loved one's slow unraveling into dementia. Professor Bourgeois carefully sifts through Western philosophical ideas to ponder what truly constitutes a "person", and deftly presents his results with an evenhanded delving for literal and spiritual truth. A work of considerable scholarship, Persons is an important contribution to Philosophical Studies collections and commended to the attention of non-specialist general readers as well.