Sentences with phrase «questions of human identity»

The problems of euthanasia and assisted suicide point us to deeper spiritual questions: questions of human identity, agency, control, finitude, and humility before the aspects of reality that truly transcend human existence.

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Over a series of articles, we will approach this question of human identity and dignity: exploring the history of the term «person» up to its eventual definition by St. Boëthius; investigating the deepening of understanding given the definition by St. Thomas Aquinas; and overviewing contemporary understanding as found in the writings of Karol Wojtyła (St. John Paul II).

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But if what I have said regarding asymmetrical relations and human identity is correct, the primary moral question becomes: When does an individual human life become as valuable as the life of an animal?

One question looks to the nature: Peter is a human being; the other to the personal identity: Peter is one of the Twelve, a fisherman and a friend of Jesus.

In discovering the biblical definition of church, you will also discover answers the most basic questions all humans have about their own existence and identity.

It is simply their way and they are too uncomfortable with the possibility that they might not have the whole Truth that they deny a central part of our human identity — our ability to ask questions.

A second question has to do with the human and historical identity of the way of distinction.

With regard to the higher levels, it may be questioned whether Whitehead's account of the continuity and identity of the human self is satisfactory.

The ultimate spiritual question is, is human being with his / her awakening to self - identity and personhood an accident in the evolutionary process and earth's history or is it really the result of the working of some purposive cosmic force, God or whatever?

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Advocates for transgender rights hit back hard on Friday after the State Senate's Republican leader raised questions about the propriety of Governor Andrew Cuomo's recent announcement that New York will treat discrimination based on gender identity and expression as discrimination based on sex and disability, areas already covered by the State Human -LSB-...]

«We were drawn to this collaboration because in spite of the different environments, cultures, histories, climates and identities of the two regions, we were asking the same kinds of questions about human capacities to address challenging climate conditions,» says lead author Margaret C. Nelson, President's Professor in Arizona State University's School of Human Evolution and Social Chhuman capacities to address challenging climate conditions,» says lead author Margaret C. Nelson, President's Professor in Arizona State University's School of Human Evolution and Social ChHuman Evolution and Social Change.

He discusses their application against an array of questions concerning human relations, cultural identity, the machine / mind interface, and the future of computer science.

That was a time when the human genome project was first funded, and lots of interesting questions were in play, about free will, about our identities and about control over data.

Lanthimos is keenly homed in on the sins of the modern digital era, constantly questioning whether an online culture of over-sharing and carefully cultivated identities is resulting in humans automating themselves.

When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a naïve medical student «possessed,» as he wrote, «by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life» into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality.

These tales relate not only the variety of identities in the GLBTQ community — gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, queer, and questioning — but also the variety of experiences of being human: love, regret, betrayal, discovery.

From Frictional Games, creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent, SOMA is a sci - fi horror game that questions our concepts of identity, consciousness, and what it means to be human.

Exemplifying avant - garde artistic practices of the era, his works reflect his interest in cognitive psychology, identity construction and existential questions of human existence.

Paul Virilio While the world has reached a critical moment in its history, where the environment conditions what humans do and what they will become, the exhibition Native Land, Stop Eject proposes a reflection on the notions of being rooted and uprooted, as well as related questions of identity.

Emerging from the infamous «Kowalski Studio» at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Althamer continues to investigate the intricacies of human relationships and question the limits and deeper meaning of individual and social identity.

She tackles the big questions surrounding: identity in a time of mass, overpowering consumerism; privacy in an era of surveillance; the interfacing of humans and machines; the relationship between real and virtual worlds; and new bio-ethics surrounding practices such as growing parts of the human body from DNA samples.

The interplay of a variety of questions such as gender stereotypes, identity, and understanding of the human body were all reflected and presented in the traditional drawing technique.

Mickalene Thomas» work (the large painting covered in rhinestones) questions not only the role of the human body in art, but also race and intersecting identities.

He questions the meaning of cultural and national definitions and he asks what constitutes our collective contemporary identity today while condemning the excess of destruction due to the humans excess violence against the Earth.

She tackles the big questions surrounding: identity in a time of consumerism; privacy in a era of surveillance; the interfacing of humans and machines; the relationship between real and virtual worlds; and growing parts of the human body from DNA samples.

Greece, brings together works by both well - known and rarely seen artists who address questions of identity, desire and human vulnerability.

His work questions how the nature of human identity is established in relation to objects and space.

Rosenberg saw the artist's task as a heroic exploration of the most profound issues of personal identity and experience in relation to the large questions of the human condition.

Humans, by nature, are faced with questions of self, and many of us spend our lives constructing our identities, changing them as we grow, as we experience life.

In honor of National Women's History Month, Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) spotlights five stellar women artists whose potent work and individual practices celebrate womanhood and female autonomy, call into question responses to gender parity, and transcend traditional conceptions of gender identity to address broader issues surrounding diversity, inclusion, and tolerance for all humans.

Openly addressing the all - too - human questions of sexual development, sexual desire, and the nature of the adolescent's developing sexual identity are critical.