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Rainer Brömer
  • Wissenschaftslektorat Doz. (TR) Dr. Rainer Brömer
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The experience of ageing and the place of the elderly in social life change from society to society. Already, the conditions of modern medicine have postponed the period of life when we are considered to be elderly, but even after... more
The experience of ageing and the place of the elderly in social life change from society to society. Already, the conditions of modern medicine have postponed the period of life when we are considered to be elderly, but even after reaching a generally agreed “old age”, the perception of what that means to the individual subject also changes (Sweiry & Willitts 2012). Developments such as ever-later pregnancies (RCOG 2009) or pharmaceutical support for male sexual functions, leading to aspirations of youthful performance (Gross & Blundo 2015), are indeed changing perceptions of the period of old age. Further critical scrutiny of the psychosocial and ethical implications of bodily modifications in redefining old age is necessary. If we suspect there to be ethical concerns (Bostrom 2008), might this make practices such as aesthetic surgery a partner in crime in this process? What other contributors are pushing these boundaries forward? Dreams of bodily enhancement are already challengin...
Grol3en Anklang bei Wissenschaftlern aus dem Inund Ausland fand der Workshop ,,Evolutionsbiologie von Darwin bis heute" am 5. und 6. Dezember 1997 in G6ttingen. Die rund 60 Teilnehmer folgten einer Einladung yon Prof. Nicolaas Rupke... more
Grol3en Anklang bei Wissenschaftlern aus dem Inund Ausland fand der Workshop ,,Evolutionsbiologie von Darwin bis heute" am 5. und 6. Dezember 1997 in G6ttingen. Die rund 60 Teilnehmer folgten einer Einladung yon Prof. Nicolaas Rupke und seinen Mitarbeitem Rainer Br6mer und Uwe Hogfeld vom Institut far Wissenschaftsgeschichte der GtSttinger Georg-August-Universit~it, um mit Kollegen tiber den Stand wissenschaftshistorischer und -theoretischer Forschungen in der Evolutionsbiologie zu diskutieren. Finanziell untersttitzt vonder Volkswagen-Stiftung boten die G6ttinger ihren G~isten ein breites Gesp~ichs-Forum. Nach der Er6ffnung des Workshops durch den Dekan der Fakult~it ftir Biologie, Norbert Elsner, stellte Nicolaas Rupke metahistorische Oberlegungen zur Darwin-Literatur an: Warum kommen wir immer wieder auf Darwin zurtick? Und weshalb suchen wir die Ursache ftir geseUschaftliche Phtinomene so oft bei Darwin? Eve-Marie Engels aus Ttibingen gab anschlieBend einen ersten Bericht t...
EN--Fritz Jahr’s maxim “Respect any living being inherently as an end-in-itself and, if possible, treat it as such”, first published in an essay in 1927 where he also introduced the term “bio-ethics”, is reflectively analyzed from the... more
EN--Fritz Jahr’s maxim “Respect any living being inherently as an end-in-itself and, if possible, treat it as such”, first published in an essay in 1927 where he also introduced the term “bio-ethics”, is reflectively analyzed from the perspective of the Islamic tradition. The Islamic conception of human, animal, and plant is presented and central norms applied to the treatment of animals and plants are discussed in their practical implications. Eventually, the applicability of Jahr’s normative notion of ‘end-in-itself’ can be applied to the treatment of animals and plants in the context of Islamic bioethics. This discussion aims at answering the question if a global bioethics can be developed.

FR--La maxime de Fritz Jahr selon laquelle il faut « Respecter tout être vivant comme une fin en soi et le traiter, si possible, en tant que telle », fut publiée pour la première fois dans un essai de 1927 dans lequel il a également introduit le terme « bioéthique ». Cette maxime est analysée ici de la perspective de la tradition islamique. La conception islamique d’humain, d’animal et de plante est présentée et les normes centrales appliquées au traitement des animaux et des plantes sont examinées du point de vue de leurs implications pratiques. Finalement, l’applicabilité de la notion normative de Jahr de « fin en soi » peut être appliquée au traitement des animaux et des plantes dans le contexte de la bioéthique islamique. Cette discussion tente de répondre à la question quant à savoir si une bioéthique globale peut être développée.
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The medical humanities are often implemented in the undergraduate medicine curriculum through injection of discrete option courses as compensation for an overdose of science. The medical humanities may be reformulated as process and... more
The medical humanities are often implemented in the undergraduate medicine curriculum through injection of discrete option courses as compensation for an overdose of science. The medical humanities may be reformulated as process and perspective, rather than content, where the curriculum is viewed as an aesthetic text and learning as aesthetic and ethical identity formation. This article suggests that a "humanities" perspective may be inherent to the life sciences required for study of medicine. The medical humanities emerge as a revelation of value inherent to an aesthetic medicine taught and learned imaginatively.
J. Lennart Berggren and Alexander Jones, Ptolemy's Geography: An An-notated Translation of the Theoretical Chapters. By Karin Tybjerg 194 Natalia Lozovsky, 'The Earth is Our... more
J. Lennart Berggren and Alexander Jones, Ptolemy's Geography: An An-notated Translation of the Theoretical Chapters. By Karin Tybjerg 194 Natalia Lozovsky, 'The Earth is Our Book': Geographical Knowledge in the Latin West ca. 400–1000. By Evelyn Edson 196 David ...
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