PHL 3008 Personhood
John Donne claimed that "no man is an island." But how can we metaphysically justify the human need for interpersonal relations? Interpersonal relations have posed paradoxes since antiquity, when it was held that human perfection involves being self-sufficient. Self-sufficiency seems to exclude the necessity of relations. The ancient problem of interpersonal relations seems to have intensified in modern philosophy. This course will examine personhood, and attempt to justify our interdependence. We will examine the views of Aristotle, Aquinas, and Contemporary Metaphysicians on personhood.
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