| A Greater Freedom: Biotechnology, Love, and Human Destiny (in Dialogue with Hans Jonas and Jurgen Habermas) Contributor(s): Kampowski, Stephan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0718893190 ISBN-13: 9780718893194 Publisher: Lutterworth Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy - Religion | Religion & Science - Science | Biotechnology |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 204 pages |
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| Publisher Description: How does biotechnology touch on human destiny? What are its promises and challenges? In search for a response, the present volume turns to the thought of Hans Jonas, one of the pioneers and founding fathers of bioethics. The continued relevance of his ideas is exemplified by the way Jurgen Habermas applies them to the current debate. The chief promise of biotechnology is to increase our freedom by overcoming the limits of the human condition. The main risk of biotechnology, as both Jonas and Habermas seeit, is to diminish or outright abolish our capacity for responsibility and morality. It is argued that the greater freedom is not simply freedom from constraints but freedom for our destiny: the freedom to be the benevolent, responsible, and spontaneous authors of our lives, capable of communion and love. The touchstone for evaluating any biotechnological procedure has to be this greater freedom. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kampowski, Stephan: - Stephan Kampowski is Associate Professor of Philosophical Anthropology at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Rome. He is the author of 'Arendt, Augustine, and the New Beginning: The Action Theory and Moral Thought of Hannah Arendt in the Light of Her Dissertation on St. Augustine' (2008). |