Abstract

Jonas’ book is a collection of eighteen essays. His general themes are: a comparison of morality and world view in ancient times and during the technological revolution, an organic monism vs. dualism, and gnosticism. Specific topics taken up are: the necessity to awaken a social morality in economists, politicians and scientists, specifically in the practice of biological engineering, death and its recent medical definition, religion vs. philosophy or revelation vs. reason, Judaism vs. Christianity or creation vs. incarnation, is history’s progress a moral good?