A Greater Freedom
Biotechnology, Love, and Human Destiny (In Dialogue with Hans Jonas and Jürgen Habermas)
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- Paperback
204 pages
- Release Date
27 February 2014
Summary
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780718893194 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0718893190 |
| Author: | Stephan Kampowski |
| Publisher: | James Clarke & Co Ltd |
| Imprint: | Lutterworth Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 204 |
| Release Date: | 27 February 2014 |
| Weight: | 311g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 153mm |
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‘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
About The Author
Stephan Kampowski
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).
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