PHI 237 1st Edition Lecture 7Shoemaker Embryos, Souls and Four Dimensions cont.- Fusion 2 Embryos come togetherV. The Problem Posed by Twinning1. En-soulment occurs later in development- Embryos are not in the soul until twinning is no longer possible2a) Adam goes to two parts 2 Souls- He dies go to existence- Twinning death of human being, sibling split out of existenceo Two new people2b) Involves a tragedy- Organism divides to 2 new cells- Fission = Twinning2c) No one dies- One gets new soul and one gets old soul2d) Adam is 2 human beings 2 souls of Fission- Wont realize till twins come out - 2 embryos Same place3) One soul has 2 bodies- 2 one half human beings4) Problem of Evil- Natural Evil Low Forest Fires- Other Evil Nazis- G-d in souled creative knowing its gaining out of absence- How is it evil? o Death is one of the greatest evilso Hypothesize mom- Q. Is g-d taking a life here?o 1. Says causing deathThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o 2. Allowing death- Theological program of evil is benevolent4b) Producing lethal twins- Twins = death- Doesn’t mean cause of death- No available theodicy that explains g-ds action to man- Can blame a lot on free will- Have hopes up and have them crushed- Evil due to free will4e) After 14 – 16 days can’t get separated twins- No death involved in twinning7) Gives you everything you might want - 2 souls for 2 human beingsVI. Co – Located Human Beings1. Collation both twins exist as zygote 2. Human beings is one body- 2 Bodies one soul- 2nd puzzle goes back to reassure etchingo Everyone is reassured- 2 bodies, 2 souls same matter- 2 embryos fuse back- Identical twins fuse back- Fusion vs. Fission 4b. Two embryos fuse four parts become bigger 5c. One would survive and one would go out of existenceVIII. Fusion and the Thomistic / Hylomorphic Soul1. Go out of existence via Fusion - Resurrection embodied and live againo If one of them die matter swallowed up with thiefo No corpseo Resurrectedo Avoid resurrection No cells occuro ** No dead body **o So if one dies or two die no corps- Miscarriages carrying a dead body 5. “Life begins at conception” highly morphic view of the soul 6. Theist embody contradiction 7. 1 body 1 soul correlation - 1: 1 8. All dead and body being resurrected 9. No soul being en-souled till fusion can occur 10. Scholar of religion - Embryo stem cell doesn’t kill soulConclusion- Shoemakers critiquing highly morphic soulso Think you will be resurrected with different soulo Any figure to same human beingo Isn’t it important that there is no dead bodyo Over time you get rid of mattero Get bits when we dieo No puzzle of
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