TY - BOOK AU - Kampowski,Stephan AU - Hauerwas,Stanley TI - A greater freedom: biotechnology, love, and human destiny : in dialogue with Hans Jonas and J�urgen Habermas SN - 9780718841621 AV - B3279.J664 .K367 2014eb U1 - 123.5 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Cambridge [England] PB - The Lutterworth Press KW - Jonas, Hans, KW - Habermas, J�urgen. KW - Liberty KW - Fate and fatalism KW - Philosophical anthropology KW - Biotechnology KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - PHILOSOPHY KW - Free Will & Determinism KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - Religion & Science KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Hans Jonas' philosophy of the organism -- Jonas' philosophy of responsibility -- J�urgen Habermas and genetic enhancement -- Conclusion: a greater freedom N2 - 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 J�urgen 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. -- UR - https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1cgdw26 ER -