Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver
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Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver

Honoring the Work of Leon R. Kass

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eBook - ePub

Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver

Honoring the Work of Leon R. Kass

About this book

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.

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Yes, you can access Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver by Yuval Levin,Thomas W. Merrill,Adam Schulman in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Ethics in Medicine. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction: The Career of Leon Kass
  7. 1. The Homecoming of Penelope
  8. 2. The World through Ben’s Bifocals
  9. 3. Medicalizing Childhood
  10. 4. Washington Square
  11. 5. The Silence of the Spartan
  12. 6. Torah Transformed
  13. 7. Leon Kass and the Poets
  14. 8. Toward a Richer Public Bioethics
  15. 9. Philosophic Anthropology in Rousseau and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
  16. 10. Self-knowledge and Moral Seriousness in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
  17. 11. From Hearth-Fires to Hell-Fires
  18. 12. Fraternity in Antigone
  19. 13. Children of Skeptics
  20. 14. The God-Seeking Animal
  21. 15. The Traditional Animal
  22. Courses Taught
  23. Published Writings of Leon R. Kass
  24. Index
  25. About the Contributors