O człowieku, cielesności i śmierci w perspektywie filozofii Emmanuela Lévinasa
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2008
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Wydział Teologiczny UAM
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On Man, Corporeality and Death in the Perspective of Emmanuel Lévinas' Philosophy
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The article is an attempt to link the philosophy of Levinas with the bioethical issues of the
beginning of human life. The author refers to those statements of Levinas in which he describes
who a person is, what is human body, being male/female, fatherhood. The ethical-anthropological
character of Levinas’ thought makes it a profound source for contemporary discussions on moral
themes, bioethical problems included. However, certain difficulties arise on account of the
philosopher’s highly individual language. The aim of the article is to confront the language o f Levinas
with the traditional language of Aristotelian-Thomistic philosophy and colloquial language. The
text is a proposition how to build bioethics not only on Aristotelian-Thomistic philosophy or utilitarian
or pragmatic philosophy but also on the philosophy of Levinas, as it sheds additional light
on the problem of man, existence, life and interpersonal relations.
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person, body, sexuality, fatherhood, morality, life
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Poznańskie Studia Teologiczne, T. 22, 2008, s. 253-286