by Axel Kahn · Editions Nil · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782841113033
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«Raisonnable et humain ?» is the philosophical essay by Axel Kahn, published by Editions Nil in paperback (316 pages, in French).
Axel Kahn starts from the letter in which his father asked him to be reasonable and human; with genetics, neurobiology, metaphysics and philosophy, he examines what is necessary, the human condition, the animal world, life and death, determinism and freedom, progress and reason.
Originally published in 2004; the author, Axel Kahn, is a geneticist and research director at INSERM.
Suitable for readers of essays and philosophy interested in the dialogue between science, ethics and humanism.
Axel Kahn was a French geneticist. He was the brother of the journalist Jean-François Kahn and the chemist Olivier Kahn. He was a member of the French National Consultative Ethics Committee from 1992 to 2004 and worked in gene therapy. He first entered the INSERM with a specialization in biochemistry. He was named in 2002 as a counsellor for biosciences and biotechnologies matters by the European Commission. Head of French laboratories specialized in biomedical sciences between years 1984 and 2007, he was elected President of the Paris Descartes University in December 2007, as the sole candidate.
