Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver

Honoring the Work of Leon R. Kass

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

AvYuval Levin,Thomas W. Merrill,Adam Schulman

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Leon R. Kass has been helping Americans better understand the human condition for over four decades—as a teacher, writer, scholar, public champion of the humanities, and defender of human dignity. From bioethics to civic education, from interpreting the Bible to weighing the moral implications of modern science, Kass has offered wisdom, guidance, and instruction. In this volume, fifteen of Kass's admirers, including students, colleagues, and friends, honor his work by reflecting on the broad range of subjects to which he has devoted his life's work. Some of the essays offer interpretations of great works of literature and philosophy from Homer, Sophocles, and Plato to Rousseau, Franklin, Jane Austen, Hawthorne, and Henry James. Others examine the significance of Leon Kass's work as a bioethicist and Chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics and as an interpreter of the Book of Genesis. The essays collected in Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver offer a sense of the breadth of Kass's interests and insights and of the influence he has had on generations of scholars. The reader is further acquainted with the career of Leon R. Kass by a biographical introduction and a comprehensive listing of his published writings and the courses he has taught.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2010-05-13
Mått155 x 232 x 19 mm
Vikt456 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739141601

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Yuval Levin is editor of National Aff airs and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC.Thomas W. Merrill is assistant professor of government at American University in Washington, DC, and was a senior research analyst at the President’s Council on Bioethics.Adam Schulman is a tutor at St. John’s College, Annapolis, and was a senior research consultant at the President’s Council on Bioethics.

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Career of Leon KassChapter 2 Chapter 1: The Homecoming of PenelopeChapter 3 Chapter 2: The World through Ben's BifocalsChapter 4 Chapter 3: Medicalizing ChildhoodChapter 5 Chapter 4: Washington SquareChapter 6 Chapter 5: The Silence of the SpartanChapter 7 Chapter 6: Torah TransformedChapter 8 Chapter 7: Leon Kass and the PoetsChapter 9 Chapter 8: Toward a Richer Public BioethicsChapter 10 Chapter 9: Philosophic Anthropology in Rousseau and Elizabeth Marshall ThomasChapter 11 Chapter 10: Self-knowledge and Moral Seriousness in Jane Austen's Pride and PrejudiceChapter 12 Chapter 11: From Hearth-Fires to Hell-FiresChapter 13 Chapter 12: Fraternity in AntigoneChapter 14 Chapter 13: Children of SkepticsChapter 15 Chapter 14: The God-Seeking AnimalChapter 16 Chapter 15: The Traditional AnimalChapter 17 Courses Taught by Leon R. KassChapter 18 Published Writings of Leon R. Kass