Perfection
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Perfection

Coming to Terms with Being Human

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Perfection

Coming to Terms with Being Human

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In a masterful survey of the history of the idea of human perfection, prize-winning author and noted rhetorician Michael J. Hyde leads a fascinating excursion through Western philosophy, religion, science, and art. Eloquently and engagingly he delves into the canon of Western thought, drawing on figures from St. Augustine and John Rawls to Leonardo da Vinci and David Hume to Kenneth Burke and Mary Shelley. On the journey, Hyde expounds on the very notion and "Otherness" of God, the empirical and ontological workings of daily existence, the development of reason, and the bounds of beauty. In the end, he ponders the consequences of the perfection-driven impulse of medical science and considers the implications of the bourgeoning rhetoric of "our posthuman future." It is nothing short of a triumphant examination of why we humans are challenged to live a life of significant insignificance.

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Publisher
Baylor University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9781602584990
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication, Epigraph
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Preface
  6. 1. Coming to Terms with Perfection
  7. 2. God on a Good Day
  8. 3. Interpreting the Call
  9. 4. The Otherness All Around Us
  10. 5. Reason
  11. 6. Beauty
  12. 7. The Lived Body
  13. 8. The Good Life, the Good Death
  14. 9. The Biotechnology Debate
  15. 10. On Being an Oxymoron
  16. Notes
  17. Index