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Greater Freedom
Kampowski, Stephan; Hauerwas, Stanley
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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 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 ... Read more
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 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718893194
SKU
V9780718893194
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About Kampowski, Stephan; Hauerwas, Stanley
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).
Reviews for Greater Freedom
'Kampowski shows the enduring relevance of Jonas's thought for engaging the thorny challenges facing humanity today. Overall, the book provides the English-speaking bioethicist with an effective introduction to the German conversation.... Kampowski's engagement with Jonas offers a promising way forward for addressing biotechnology.' - Ian Clausen, Reviews in Religion and Theology, Volume 24 Issue 4, October 2017