This insightful new text uses examples from fiction and film to show how theories about human nature can be
applied. By linking abstract theory to "real life" through story telling and story analysis, Nina Rosenstand
offers a remarkably effective way of helping students understand, interpret, and evaluate our condition. This carefully
crafted text will inspire students to keep asking what it is to be human.
Features :
Each chapter provides an even-handed description of the most influential theories on the topic in question,
and lists the most compelling counter-arguments.
Each chapter contains a brief selection of excerpts of primary source material.
Concluding each chapter are excerpts of stories, novels, or film summaries illustrating the topic in question.
The text examines the epistemological and moral consequences of the changing boundaries of personhood in light
of what we have discovered about closely-related non-human species.
Exceptional pedagogy includes interesting boxes, study questions, and detailed summaries for each chapter.
