The Moral Imagination

Ep. 6: Dr. Patrick Lee: What Does it Really Mean to be a Human Being?

Oct 24, 2019

01:22:45

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The Content of the Reason

01:47

Are You Taking Consciousness and Reducing Personhood?

01:50

The Capacity for Conceptual Thought of Human Beings

05:05

Introduction

3min

Is There a Joke About Bertrand Russell?

3min

Is There a Relationship Between the Body and the Soul?

4min

The Body Is Not Just a Measuring Instrument

2min

I'm Not My Soul, Right?

4min

Are Human Beings Animals?

5min

Sensing and Perceiving

3min

Is the Body a Sensing Organism?

6min

Is There a Substance There That Lasts Through Time?

2min

10.

What Makes Us Different From Other Animals?

4min

11.

The Laws of Chemistry and Biology Can't Explain Dimensions of Us

2min

12.

The Capacity for Conceptual Thought of Human Beings

5min

13.

Why Do Cows Have Reason?

3min

14.

Is Sentience the Cutoff Point?

4min

15.

Animal Rights

4min

16.

Animals May Suffer More Than Trees

6min

17.

Are You Taking Consciousness and Reducing Personhood?

2min

18.

The Factor Size of Being a Human Being

2min

19.

Is There a Free Will?

5min

20.

The Content of the Reason

2min

21.

Are You Free?

1min

22.

Is Aquinas Conflating Thoughts With Will?

5min

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The Importance of Embedded in the Physical Realm

4min

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The Intelligence Is Spiritual, but the Body Isn't

5min

Michael welcomes Dr. Patrick Lee, director of the Center for Bio-Ethics at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, to discuss his book, "Body-Self Dualism in Contemporary Ethics and Politics", which examines the key questions surrounding the very complex topic of what it means to be a human being. In their discussion, Michael and Dr. Lee touch on issues such as abortion, euthanasia, gender, and sexuality.

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