On the Uniqueness of Humankind

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Duncker, Hans-Rainer (Editor), Prieß, Kathrin (Editor), Wütscher, Friederike (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Wissenschaftsethik und Technikfolgenbeurteilung, Schriftenreihe der Europäischen Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich-technischer Entwicklungen Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH, 25
• Subjects: Engineering.; Ethics.; Engineering, general.

Biological and philosophical anthropologies of the 20th century keep emphasising the "Sonderstellung" of humans among the realm of living beings. However, it is not clear how this particular role should be characterised, how it should be reconciled with biological findings, and which theor...

Table of Contents:

• Human as a Biological and Cultural Being
• The “Exceptional Position” of the Human Being — a Moral-political Concept
• The Human: Between Having a World and Being a Self
• Social Structure, Sexuality, and Intelligence in Human Evolution — a Synopsis
• Genes, Instincts and Identity
• The Special Status of the Human Being as a Topic of Practical Philosophy
• The “Uniqueness” of the Human Being in Constitutional Law.