The contributions collected in this book deal with basic questions of bioethics and medical ethics. In an interdisciplinary discussion, they try to make theological points of view valid and understandable. Especially in the discussion about the opportunities and dangers of biotechnological and medical progress, a fundamental dispute about the understanding of reality is fought, in which theology is responsible for its very offensive From the content: The concept of life in the bioethical discussion - Life Sciences: acceptance and contradiction - The supposed antiquity of the Christian image of man - health at all costs? - Ethical aspects of the relationship between doctor and patient - Pastoral care and ethics - Embryo protection - Research on persons who cannot be approved - Ethical problems in transplant medicine - What does dignified mean?