Thomas / Springhart Responsibility and the Enhancement of Life

Essays in Honor of William Schweiker
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-374-05077-2
Verlag: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 388 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm

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.

[Verantwortung und Lebensverbesserung]

Wie kann eine Ethik der Verantwortung im 21. Jahrhundert in einem globalen Horizont des Handelns das machtvolle menschliche Streben nach einer Verbesserung des Lebens orientieren? – Diese Frage steht im Mittelpunkt des Programms eines theologischen Humanismus des amerikanischen Ethikers William Schweiker. Die von ihm vertretene Verantwortungsethik beansprucht die Integrität des menschlichen wie nicht-menschlichen Lebens als Maßstab.

Die Beiträge dieses William Schweiker gewidmeten Bandes diskutieren und befragen aus philosophischen, ethischen, historischen und systematischen Perspektiven anhand exemplarischer Studien zentrale Elemente dieses Entwurfs. Sie beleuchten die Konturen dieser Ethik, analysieren deren Grundlagen in einem moralischen Realismus und erforschen die Hintergründe eines theologischen Humanismus.

Mit Beiträgen von Svend Andersen, Maria Antonaccio, Phil Blackwell, Kris Culp, Michael Fishbane, Clark Gilpin, David Hall, Markus Höfner, Kevin Jung, Nico Koopman, Robin Lovin, Jean-Luc Marion, Terence Martin, Charles Mathewes, Paul Mendes-Flohr, Elena Namli, Douglas Ottati, Willemien Otten, Kang Phee Seng, Heike Springhart, Per Sundmann, Günter Thomas, Darlene Fozard Weaver und Michael Welker.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomas, Günter

Springhart, Heike

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Ethik, Moraltheologie, Sozialethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Content

Introduction 9

William Schweiker
Humanity and the Global Future 13

»Tracing a Key Concept into New Territory«

Maria Antonaccio
The Moral Status of Finitude: Sustainability and the Integrity of Life 35

Elena Namli
Human Dignity and Protection of Rights: An Argument Against Legalistic Reductionism 53

Nico Koopman
Universities and the Flourishing of Life: Some Insights and Impulses from the Public Theology of William Schweiker 69

Darlene Fozard Weaver
Shame and Moral Responsibility 79

Kathryn Tanner
Eternal Life and the World’s Future 97

Heike Springhart
Integrity and Vulnerability of Life 107

Robin W. Lovin
The Enhancement of Life and the Future of Politics 121

»Analogical Reflections and Resonances«

Michael Fishbane
The Journals of Gabriel Marcel and Abraham I. Kook as Spiritual Exercises 131

Terence J. Martin
The Funeral: An Erasmian Sketch for Enhanced Life 147

W. Clark Gilpin
Responsibility, Dialogue, and the Moral Imagination 157

Kang Phee Seng
Go the Second Mile 169

Michael Welker
God’s Justice and Righteousness 179

Kristine A. Culp
A Taste of Life; or, Notes on Joy 191

Jean-Luc Marion
La liberte´ en religion: le droit de re´ponse 205

»Responding to Challenges«

Kevin Jung
Volitional Necessity and Practical Identity 221

Gu¨nter Thomas
On the Limits of Responsibility 243

Willemien Otten
Nature as a Theological Problem: An Emersonian Response to Lynn White 265

W. David Hall
The Human Form in the Phenomenon of Life 281

Charles Mathewes
Theological Humanism, Responsibility, and the Enhancement of Life 293

Paul Mendes-Flohr
Dialogue and the Crafting of a Multi-Cultural Society 309

Markus Ho¨fner
Beyond Deficit of Perfection: Enhancing Finite Life: A Theological Take 319

Svend Anderson
Human Enhancement and Moral Perfection 337

»Exploring Sources, Backgrounds and Implications«

Philip Blackwell
Joining John Wesley on the Road to Happiness. A Tribute to William Schweiker 351

Douglas F. Ottati
A Reformed Theological Humanism 365

Per Sundman
Respecting the Integrity of Life and the Good of Self-direction 377

Contributors 387