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The Resource A greater freedom : biotechnology, love, and human destiny : in dialogue with Hans Jonas and Jürgen Habermas, by Stephan Kampowski ; with a foreword by Stanley Hauerwas

A greater freedom : biotechnology, love, and human destiny : in dialogue with Hans Jonas and Jürgen Habermas, by Stephan Kampowski ; with a foreword by Stanley Hauerwas

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How does biotechnology touch on human destiny? What are its promises and challenges? In search for an answer, this book 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 Jürgen 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 see it, 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. --
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1 online resource (206 pages)
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  • Hans Jonas' philosophy of the organism
  • Jonas' philosophy of responsibility
  • Jürgen Habermas and genetic enhancement
  • Conclusion: a greater freedom
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9780718841621
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A greater freedom : biotechnology, love, and human destiny : in dialogue with Hans Jonas and Jürgen Habermas
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A greater freedom
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biotechnology, love, and human destiny : in dialogue with Hans Jonas and Jürgen Habermas
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by Stephan Kampowski ; with a foreword by Stanley Hauerwas
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eng
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How does biotechnology touch on human destiny? What are its promises and challenges? In search for an answer, this book 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 Jürgen 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 see it, 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. --
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Kampowski, Stephan
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.K367 2014eb
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non fiction
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1940-
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Hauerwas, Stanley
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  • Jonas, Hans
  • Habermas, Jürgen
  • Liberty
  • Fate and fatalism
  • Philosophical anthropology
  • Biotechnology
  • Habermas, Jürgen
  • Jonas, Hans
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • RELIGION
  • Philosophical anthropology
  • Biotechnology
  • Fate and fatalism
  • Liberty
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A greater freedom : biotechnology, love, and human destiny : in dialogue with Hans Jonas and Jürgen Habermas, by Stephan Kampowski ; with a foreword by Stanley Hauerwas
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Hans Jonas' philosophy of the organism -- Jonas' philosophy of responsibility -- Jürgen Habermas and genetic enhancement -- Conclusion: a greater freedom
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1 online resource (206 pages)
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9780718841621
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A greater freedom : biotechnology, love, and human destiny : in dialogue with Hans Jonas and Jürgen Habermas, by Stephan Kampowski ; with a foreword by Stanley Hauerwas
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
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online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Hans Jonas' philosophy of the organism -- Jonas' philosophy of responsibility -- Jürgen Habermas and genetic enhancement -- Conclusion: a greater freedom
Control code
876043819
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (206 pages)
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online
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9780718841621
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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99959266570
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22573/ctt1cg4pkg
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remote
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(OCoLC)876043819

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