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Life-Sharing for a Creative Tomorrow is a study of human beings as arising from Nature, yet transcending it; related to each other as members of the human race, yet free to choose personal ties with and commitment to others in interpersonal relations. The trials and risks of love, the specific characterization of being human within moral and aesthetic expressions are considered in the context of the communal social structures in the world. The truth and integrity of selfhood, vis-à-vis psychological influences and outside pressures is presented as the necessary safeguard of one's identity, while sharing a creative life of beauty and wisdom, in solidarity with Others, for a truly human future.
List of contents
Contents: Body-soul-consciousness Integration - Phenomenology of the Person in Society and in Cosmopolitan Relations - Beauty, Freedom and Love - The Moral Dimension in a Technological Age.
About the author
The Author: Mary-Rose Barral received her B.S., M.A., and Ph.D. from Fordham University. She did postdoctoral work at the Sorbonne in Paris, the University of Milan and at the Mediterranean University of Nice. Dr. Barral lectures extensively in the U.S., Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. In addition to her books, she has published over thirty articles in philosophical journals.
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"A philosopher with a life-long experience in teaching philosophy, Dr. Barral presents the ripe fruit of her reflection in a remarkably simple and elegant manner. She shows how one can meaningfully think about important problems and issues and re-examine the human condition by raising pertinent questions (sometimes suggesting possible answers) in a manner that is rooted in contemporary philosophy, yet also drawing from our entire Western tradition." (Joseph J. Kockelmans, The Pennsylvania State University)
"Mary-Rose Barral emphasizes a phenomenological approach to discovering what it means to share in being human. She synthesizes relevant contributions from both classical and contemporary philosophers, identifies unresolved questions about humanity as it relates to itself as well as to other kinds of being, and presents the results of her reflections." (Gerald A. Kraus, Gannon University)
