Amir Muzur Bücher

Van Rensselaer Potter (1911-2001), the biochemist-oncologist of University of Wisconsin-Madison, was long been related to the invention of the term "bioethics". Even today, knowing that the German theologian Fritz Jahr (1895-1953) is to be credited for this invention, Potter's ideas do not lose on their importance, primarily for his opposition to a bioethics narrowed down onto biomedical issues. The book represents the first monograph on Potter's life and work worldwide, telling a fascinating story about a concerned top scientist and humanist.

Fritz Jahr, a Protestant Pastor in Halle an der Saale, coined the original term Bioethics already in 1927 and formulated in critical response to Immanuel Kant's Categorical Imperative a Bioethics Imperative for the future of integrative bioethics: „Respect every living Being as an end in itself and treat it, if possible, as such!“ Leading bioethicists from America, Asia and Europe discuss Jahr's visionary concept of an ethics of „bios“, integrating the ethics of land, community, health, and culture in light of global challenges in the 21. century. The book includes all 15 long forgotten articles on bioethics and ethics by Jahr from 1927 to 1947 in English translation.