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A Reply to Thomas Banchoff and Abdulaziz Sachedina (Part 1)

Damian Howard
September 4, 2013August 9, 2019

In talking about human dignity we are trying to see how secular humanists, Muslims and Catholic Christians have found a way to affirm that each human person is worthy of being treated with a respect which transcends that accorded to mere things.

Science, Religion and the Human Person: A Response to Abdulaziz Sachedina

Ilia Delio
August 23, 2013August 9, 2019

The focus of the Science and the Human Person project precludes an oversimplification of personhood based on theological doctrine alone. Rather, it is important to see theology within the larger context of cosmology and thus to understand the human person within the whole order of science, philosophy and theology. Read the full article »

Reflections on Human Personhood: An Islamic Perspective

Abdulaziz Sachedina
August 21, 2013August 9, 2019

Modernity has played havoc in appraising human personhood. Science and technology are progressing unabatedly to improve the quality of human life, and yet the end result unwittingly points to further confusion in appreciating the natural and spiritual dimensions of the human person.

Human Persons and Human Dignity: Implications for Dialogue and Action

Thomas Banchoff
August 19, 2013July 23, 2018

What distinguishes us as persons, and not just as organisms, is a culture of human dignity–the shared idea that, as human beings, we are entitled to respect and recognition from one another.

Brain, Mind and Culture: Promptings from Muslim Theology

Ebrahim Moosa
April 11, 2013August 7, 2019

Pick up a work by Shah Waliyullah of Delhi (d. 1762), the great Indian polymath and sage-like figure, and he might commend your attention to sensory substitution, or synesthesia.

Can Modern Medicine Locate the Human Soul?

Sherine Hamdy
April 10, 2013August 7, 2019

I would like to offer an intervention that suggests how current bioethical debates, that may seem intransigent when the human soul is evoked, may be moved forward.

Is There an Islamic Bioethics?

Abdulaziz Sachedina
March 12, 2013August 7, 2019

Historically, Muslim bioethics has essentially been based on legal decisions without any reference to ethics as understood in secular discourses. In the last decade, some Muslim jurists have begun to understand the need to discuss their rulings in light of ethical considerations of right and wrong, resulting in a new moral discourse.

Definitions of Personhood in Islamic Normative Texts

Thomas Eich
February 22, 2013August 7, 2019

Since the 7th century, Islamic normative texts have emphasized the importance of ensoulment and outer appearance in the definition of personhood.

The Human Person and the Human Brain: Some Implications of New Science

Charles Camosy
February 13, 2013August 5, 2019

The gradual shift toward identifying the human person with capacities of the individual brain raises a number of difficult problems. New scientific discoveries have challenged existing conceptions of the human person and have important implications for bioethics.

What (or When) Is the Human Person?

Robert Tappan
February 4, 2013August 5, 2019

“What is the human person?” This question serves as the very root for later elaborations of biomedical ethical questions involving beginning and end of life decisions, distributive justice, transhumanism, and many others.

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