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Anthropologie und Ethik des Enhancements
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 112.00Advances in biotechnology have enabled interventions in the human organism (genetic, psychopharmological, and technical) that promise to increase physical and intellectual performance over the 'normal' or 'natural' boundary, as well as to make possible targeted changes in human experience. The author investigates ethical debates surrounding these issues... more...
Naturgeschichte der Freiheit
De Gruyter 2007; US$ 119.00Freedom of will is one of the central concepts we useto define ourselves as human. Through the discoveries made in the fields of neuroscience and brain research however, the very basis of those concepts have come into question: Is our freedom simply the result of regulated processes? Or is our freedom to be found within the loopholes of that regulation?... more...
Funktionen des Erlebens
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 112.00Humans are being that not only lead their lives but also experience them. Why? This volume examines this question from the perspective of multiple disciplines in the natural and social sciences. The contributions investigate the ways in which personal feeling and individual experience are central components in our dealings with our social and physical... more...
The Philosophy of Human Rights
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 84.00The notion of "human rights" is widely used in political and moral debates. The core idea, that all human beings have some inalienable basic rights, is appealing and has an important practical function: It allows moral criticism of various wrongs and calls for action in order to prevent them. The articles in this collection take up a tension between... more...
Die Funken des freien Geistes
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 105.00The writings of Volker Gerhardt have had substantial influence on recent Nietzsche research. This volume collects a variety of his influential essays and makes them available to scholars and causal readers alike. The present collection takes stock of Nietzsche?s most prominent ideas. Gerhardt investigates which of these ideas still offer solutions... more...
Was ist der Mensch?
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 35.00The question of the nature of man has occupied human beings everywhere and in every period including the present. The scientists, politicians, theologians, journalists, and writers assembled here give their personal responses to the question in fifty incisive contributions representing different cultural traditions. What is to be expected? Clearly... more...
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