Should we Dispense with the Idea of Personhood?: The Impoverishment of Philosophical-Theological Language

• Colen, José-A. ^[1] ; Vecchio, Anthony ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidade do Minho

     Universidade do Minho

     Braga (São José de São Lázaro), Portugal

     
  2. [2] University of Texas
• Localización: Scripta theologica: revista de la Facultad de Teología de la Universidad de Navarra, ISSN 0036-9764, Vol. 53, Fasc. 2, 2021, págs. 273-304
• Idioma: inglés
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  • «Who is a person?» is a question with moral, theological and even legal consequences, but it seems now apparently entangled in intractable puzzles; therefore, it has become frequent to suggest that we should entirely dispense with the idea of «personhood». This essay argues that the notions of «person», and rational «nature» which are essential in theological exploration, cannot be easily discarded from the philosophical vocabulary either. The paper argues that the preferred route of access should preserve the noetic heterogeneity of beings, because it is the current «scientistic» straitjacket that has made very articulation of the question fruitless and impoverished.