- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction
- I. General Principles of the Embryology of Thomas Aquinas
- 1. Some Constraints on Substantial Generation
- 2. Some Constraints on Substantial Form
- II. The Nature of the Human Soul
- 1. The Unity of the Human Being and the Soul as the Substantial Form of the Body
- 2. The Identity of the Being of the Soul and the Being of the Body: Some Problems
- III. The Status of the Embryo
- 1. The Origin of the Human Soul
- 2. Ensoulment of the Embryo: Opposing Positions
- 3. Two Different Intuitions concerning the Ensoulment of the Embryo
- IV. Some Problems
- 1. Discontinuity of Generation and Immediate Ensoulment
- 2. Formation versus Functioning of the Embryo
- 3. Natural Generation of the Body versus Creation of the Soul
- V. The Identity of the Embryo
- 1. The Identity and Continuity of the Embryo
- 2. The Identity of the Subject of Generation
- 2.1. Different Kinds of Identity
- 2.2. Incomplete versus Complete Identity
- 2.3. Some Difficulties
- 3. The Identity of the Embryo and the Succession of Souls
- 4. Identity of Subject and Identity of Matter
- 4.1. The Material Continuity of the Human Body
- 4.2. Identity of Matter, Quantity, and Extension
- VI. Bioethical Implications
- 1. The Origin of Human Life and the Affirmation That the Embryo Is a Human Being in Potency
- 2. The Elusive Human Nature of the Embryo
- 3. Some Bioethical Consequences: Abortion, Homicide, and the Suppression of Life
- VII. The Beginning and End of Human Life
- VIII. The Contemporary Debate over the Hominization of the Embryo
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Aquinas on the Beginning and End of Human Life
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Publication: June 2013
