Download or read book Body-Self Dualism in Contemporary Ethics and Politics written by Patrick Lee and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-11-05 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book treats the question of what a human person is and the ethical and political controversies of abortion, hedonism and drug-taking, euthanasia, and sex ethics. It defends the position that human beings are both body and soul, with a fundamental and morally important difference from other animals. It defends the traditional position on the most controversial specific moral and political issues of the day.