Responsibility and the enhancement of life : essays in honor of William Schweiker /

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Imprint:Leipzig : Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, [2017]
©2017
Description:388 pages ; 23 cm
Language:English
French
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11394713
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Varying Form of Title:Essays in honor of William Schweiker
Other authors / contributors:Thomas, Günter, editor.
Springhart, Heike, 1975- editor.
ISBN:9783374050765
337405076X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
In English with one contribution in French.
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Summary:In the 21st century and in a globalized world, how can an ethic of responsibility orient the powerful human striving for the enhancement of life? - This question is at the center of the program of theological humanism developed by the American ethicist William Schweiker. His ethic of responsibility takes the integrity of all human as well non-human life as a central criterion for the enhancement of life. The contributions of this collection dedicated to William Schweiker discuss and explore key elements of his work, in exemplary studies and from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. They examine the contours of this ethic, analyze the claims of a moral realism, and investigate the backgrounds of his theological humanism.
Physical Description:388 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783374050765
337405076X