Marcus Knaup – författare

The relationship between our living body and our soul, our mental expressions of life and our physical environment, are both classical topics for discussion and ones which currently present themselves as part of a truly exciting philosophical debate: are we today still able to speak of a “soul”? And what is meant by a (living) body (German: “Leib”)? Does our brain dictate what we will and do? Or do we have free will? Why are we the same people tomorrow that we were yesterday? Given the discoveries of the modern neural sciences, can human beings still be understood in the context of the unity of body and soul? Or should we rather define ourselves as mind-brain beings (German: Gehirn-Geist-Gestalten)?Marcus Knaup explores these questions and discusses the most relevant approaches and arguments concerning the (living) body-soul debate. His own approach to current chal-lenges presented by modern brain research emanates from his bringing together AristotelianHylomorphism and phenomenology of the living body (German: “Leibphänomenologie”).

The relationship between our living body and our soul, our mental expressions of life and our physical environment, are both classical topics for discussion and ones which currently present themselves as part of a truly exciting philosophical debate: are we today still able to speak of a “soul”? And what is meant by a (living) body (German: “Leib”)? Does our brain dictate what we will and do? Or do we have free will? Why are we the same people tomorrow that we were yesterday? Given the discoveries of the modern neural sciences, can human beings still be understood in the context of the unity of body and soul? Or should we rather define ourselves as mind-brain beings (German: Gehirn-Geist-Gestalten)?Marcus Knaup explores these questions and discusses the most relevant approaches and arguments concerning the (living) body-soul debate. His own approach to current chal-lenges presented by modern brain research emanates from his bringing together AristotelianHylomorphism and phenomenology of the living body (German: “Leibphänomenologie”).

Aktuell werden Themen wie die gesetzliche Regelung der ärztlichen Suizidbeihilfe oder die Euthanasie immer wieder ins Zentrum gesellschaftlicher Debatten gerückt. Unterschiedliche Medien greifen die Frage der Suizidbeihilfe auf und diskutieren, wie ein „selbstbestimmtes Sterben“ aussehen kann. Welche medizinischen, rechtlichen, ethischen, philosophischen und theologischen Aspekte gilt es zu berücksichtigen? Dieses Buch macht die Frage der ärztlichen Suizidassistenz zum Thema. Experten unterschiedlicher Fachdisziplinen beleuchten kritisch die in der Sterbehilfe-Debatte vorgebrachten Argumente und beantworten die Frage, wie ein würdiges Sterben aussehen könnte.Mit Beiträgen von Benedict Maria Mülder, Susanne Kummer, Axel W. Bauer, Günther Pöltner, Markus Rothhaar, Christian Hillgruber, Marcus Schlemmer, Andreas S. Lübbe, Christian Spaemann, Ulrich Eibach, Manfred Spieker, Marcus Knaup, Thomas Sören Hoffmann.