What are the basic principles of evolutionary processes? Is it morally legitimate to influence evolution by means of enhancement technologies? Leading scholars from various disciplines analyze the relevance of evolutionary theory for future developments, whereby the fields of anthropology, ethics, and theology are considered in particular detail.

Contents: Stefan Lorenz Sorgner/Nikola Grimm: Introduction. Evolution Today – Hille Haker: The Responsible Self. Questions after Darwin – Otfried Höffe: Homo Sapiens, Animal Morabile. A Sketch of a Philosophical Moral Anthropology – Sarah Chan: Enhancement and Evolution – Nikolaus Knoepffler: Ethical Assessment of Human Genetic Enhancement – Stefan Lorenz Sorgner: Evolution, Education, and Genetic Enhancement – Francisco J. Ayala: On the Origins of Modern Science. Copernicus and Darwin – Mikhail Epstein: Technology as a New Theology. From «New Atheism» to Technotheism – Dietmar Mieth: Evolution and the Question of God and Morality. The Debate over Richard Dawkins – Vojin Rakic: Evolutionary Theory Applied to Institutions. The Impact of Europeanization on Higher Education Policies – Michael Leslie: Music and Evolution. DNA and the Evolution of Motifs in Beethovens greatest Piano Work «The Hammerklavier Sonata».