Freedom in Responsibility: On the Relevance of Sin As a Hermeneutic Guiding Principle in Bioethical Decision Making Export

@article{citeulike:3097136, abstract = {This essay deals with questions of responsibility concerning technology, in particular, gene technology and the special problem of research on embryos. I raise issues concerning the extent of humans’ authority to act and the limits of human freedom. In what way is that freedom given, and what kind of responsibility results from it? By discussing various concepts of human freedom in the tradition of European philosophy, as juxtaposed to the Protestant understanding of freedom, this essay discusses the restricting limits, and the obligation to take responsibility. It will turn out that the question concerning freedom cannot be answered without understanding what being human involves. From a Christian perspective, this implies that the foundational relationship between human freedom and sin will be central to an assessment of the human ability to take responsibility. By obliterating the limits of human freedom, sin jeopardizes the very essence of that freedom. The project of taking into account the sinful state of the human condition thus aims at developing a realistic picture of the authority of humans in action, even in view of the human tasks of promoting science and research.}, author = {Gr\"{a}b-Schmidt, Elisabeth}, citeulike-article-id = {3097136}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803600500203848}, doi = {10.1080/13803600500203848}, journal = {Christian Bioethics}, keywords = {bioethics, christian\_bioethics}, number = {2}, pages = {147--165}, posted-at = {2008-08-08 00:14:51}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Freedom in Responsibility: On the Relevance of “Sin” As a Hermeneutic Guiding Principle in Bioethical Decision Making}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803600500203848}, volume = {11}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3097136 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3097136 N2 - This essay deals with questions of responsibility concerning technology, in particular, gene technology and the special problem of research on embryos. I raise issues concerning the extent of humans’ authority to act and the limits of human freedom. In what way is that freedom given, and what kind of responsibility results from it? By discussing various concepts of human freedom in the tradition of European philosophy, as juxtaposed to the Protestant understanding of freedom, this essay discusses the restricting limits, and the obligation to take responsibility. It will turn out that the question concerning freedom cannot be answered without understanding what being human involves. From a Christian perspective, this implies that the foundational relationship between human freedom and sin will be central to an assessment of the human ability to take responsibility. By obliterating the limits of human freedom, sin jeopardizes the very essence of that freedom. The project of taking into account the sinful state of the human condition thus aims at developing a realistic picture of the authority of humans in action, even in view of the human tasks of promoting science and research. IS - 2 JF - Christian Bioethics EP - 165 TI - Freedom in Responsibility: On the Relevance of “Sin” As a Hermeneutic Guiding Principle in Bioethical Decision Making PB - Routledge VL - 11 SP - 147 KW - bioethics KW - christian_bioethics AU - Gräb-Schmidt, Elisabeth PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13803600500203848 ER -