Sunday, May 27, 2012

Habermas's acceptance speech in Vienna May 23

Excerpts from Jürgen Habermas's acceptance speech in Vienna on May 23, 2012, where he received both The Erwin Chargaff Prize and the 2011 Victor Frakl Honorary Award:

"Soll sich der Mensch verbessern dürfen?"
Wo sind die ethischen Grenzen, wenn es darum geht, das menschliche Wesen durch Biotechnologie zu verändern?
("Die Presse", May 27, 2012)

See also reports in
* "Wiener Zeitung" (May 24, 2012)
* "Der Standard" (May 24, 2012)
* "Die Presse" (May 24, 2012)
and two photos here and here!

My previous post on the event here.

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