Czy zwierzęta mają nieśmiertelne dusze?
Do Animals have Immortal Souls?
Author(s): Paul BadhamSubject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: anthropology; animal; philosophy
Summary/Abstract: przeł. Małgorzata Sadowska This concise sketch written from the standpoint of Christian theology is more of an attempt at posing an important question perturbing the believers than a radical and unambiguous solution to it. The author conducted a radical recapitulation of the Aristotelian-Thomist and Cartesian conceptions of the soul and interpretations dominating the European discourse on the soul. In doing so, he also discussed the biologist stands (evolutionism, etiology). The summary proclaims that there are certain reasons for believing that the immortal soul is due only to human beings. Nonetheless, the still prevalent ignorance about the animal „interior” does not permit to authoritatively refuse this human privilege to animals.
Journal: Konteksty
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 04
- Page Range: 79-83
- Page Count: 5
- Language: Polish
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