Enhancing our way to happiness? : Aristotle versus Bacon on the nature of true happiness, Kathy McReynolds

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Enhancing our way to happiness? : Aristotle versus Bacon on the nature of true happiness, Kathy McReynolds

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Aristotle versus Bacon on the nature of true happiness

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Kathy McReynolds

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• Enhancing our way to happiness? : Aristotle versus Bacon on the nature of true happiness

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• Lanham, University Press of America, ©2004

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-93)

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Contents

A Conversation -- Aristotle verses Bacon -- Extreme Makeover And The Baconian Tradition -- The Self, Enhancements, and the Pursuit of Happiness -- Enhancements, Ethics, and Bacon's Influence -- Why Worry about Enhancements? -- Bacon On Conquering Nature -- Francis Bacon in his Time -- The Mechanical Arts, Magic, and Alchemy -- Bacon verses Aristotle -- Bacon on the Human Being -- What the Ancients Knew Which Bacon Denied -- Aristotle On The Soul -- The Problem with Defining Human Nature -- The Baconian Self -- Some Concepts Challenged by the Baconian View -- The Aristotelian Soul -- Arguments Against Aristotle -- Arguments Supporting Aristotle -- The Self, The Soul, Happiness, and Enhancements -- Aristotle On The Purpose Of Medicine -- The End of Medicine? -- Medicine -- A Distinct End = Social Power -- Aristotle and the End of Medicine -- Health as the End of Medicine -- Conclusion: Aristotle On The Ethics Of Happiness And Enhancements -- Ethical Reflection Begins with the Agent -- The Human Body: Who Controls It? -- The Role of Medicine and the Morally Worthy Life: Bacon and Aristotle Compared

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23 cm

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vii, 93 pages

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9780761829744

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2004108404

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