Being Born: Birth and Philosophy Stone Alison
Being Born: Birth and Philosophy Stone Alison All human beings are born and all human beings die. Historically philosophers have concentrated attention on our mortality--and comparatively little has…
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Being Born: Birth and Philosophy Stone Alison
All human beings are born and all human beings die. Historically philosophers have concentrated attention on our mortality--and comparatively little has been said about being born and how it shapes our existence. In these two ways we are finite: our lives begin and our lives come to an end.
Drawing on both feminist philosophy and existentialist concerns about the structure of meaningful human existence, Stone offers an original perspective on human existence. Alison Stone sets out to overcome this oversight by providing a systematic philosophical account of how being born shapes our condition as human beings. She explores how human existence is shaped by the way that we are born.
Taking natality into account transforms our view of human existence and illuminates how many of its aspects are connected with our birth. These aspects include dependency, the relationality of the self,