Author: Fr. James Schall, SJ
Article Abstract:
Could human freedom ever be eliminated from the human condition; not at the hands of brutal dictators but from within the very center of the human being himself? Fr. Schall studies this phenomenon from an historical perspective noting the role technology may play in “…creating another kind of `good man’ or `good earth’ than the one classically proposed in ethics and Scripture.” (Written over 20 years ago, this article is prophetic in its caution on allowing unfettered genetic engineering, at that time in its relative infancy.)
