What It Means to Be Human: Anthropological and Ethical Reflections on Navigating the Vulnerability and Fragility of Human Existence During Times of Illness

What It Means to Be Human: Anthropological and Ethical Reflections on Navigating the Vulnerability and Fragility of Human Existence During Times of Illness

This paper is intended to consider whether human vulnerability as manifested in the situation of being ill can be accepted as a profound human limitation in life that contributes to a deeper understanding of what it ultimately means to be human—to learn not only to live with suffering but to live th...

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Main Author: Katharina Westerhorstmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Étienne Gilson Society 2021-06-01
Series:Studia Gilsoniana
Subjects:
human being
human person
vulnerability
illness
suffering
being as gift
solidarity
Online Access:https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/api/file/viewByFileId/1294705.pdf
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spelling doaj-650a72fb58cc4489a1b145f870d0ed402021-07-19T05:08:20ZengInternational Étienne Gilson SocietyStudia Gilsoniana2300-00662577-03142021-06-0110238540710.26385/SG.100215What It Means to Be Human: Anthropological and Ethical Reflections on Navigating the Vulnerability and Fragility of Human Existence During Times of IllnessKatharina Westerhorstmann0Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, USA (Gaming Campus, Austria)This paper is intended to consider whether human vulnerability as manifested in the situation of being ill can be accepted as a profound human limitation in life that contributes to a deeper understanding of what it ultimately means to be human—to learn not only to live with suffering but to live through it. Also a further horizon, which is looked at more closely from philosophical and theological points of view, is drawn by understanding one’s own being as gift.https://journals.indexcopernicus.com/api/file/viewByFileId/1294705.pdfhuman beinghuman personvulnerabilityillnesssufferingbeing as giftsolidarity
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What It Means to Be Human: Anthropological and Ethical Reflections on Navigating the Vulnerability and Fragility of Human Existence During Times of Illness
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human being
human person
vulnerability
illness
suffering
being as gift
solidarity
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title What It Means to Be Human: Anthropological and Ethical Reflections on Navigating the Vulnerability and Fragility of Human Existence During Times of Illness
title_short What It Means to Be Human: Anthropological and Ethical Reflections on Navigating the Vulnerability and Fragility of Human Existence During Times of Illness
title_full What It Means to Be Human: Anthropological and Ethical Reflections on Navigating the Vulnerability and Fragility of Human Existence During Times of Illness
title_fullStr What It Means to Be Human: Anthropological and Ethical Reflections on Navigating the Vulnerability and Fragility of Human Existence During Times of Illness
title_full_unstemmed What It Means to Be Human: Anthropological and Ethical Reflections on Navigating the Vulnerability and Fragility of Human Existence During Times of Illness
title_sort what it means to be human: anthropological and ethical reflections on navigating the vulnerability and fragility of human existence during times of illness
publisher International Étienne Gilson Society
series Studia Gilsoniana
issn 2300-0066
2577-0314
publishDate 2021-06-01
description This paper is intended to consider whether human vulnerability as manifested in the situation of being ill can be accepted as a profound human limitation in life that contributes to a deeper understanding of what it ultimately means to be human—to learn not only to live with suffering but to live through it. Also a further horizon, which is looked at more closely from philosophical and theological points of view, is drawn by understanding one’s own being as gift.
topic human being
human person
vulnerability
illness
suffering
being as gift
solidarity
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