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The Imperative of Responsibility

In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age
Suhrkamp | Insel
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The Imperative of Responsibility / Das Prinzip Verantwortung
In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age
Hans Jonas here rethinks the foundations of ethics in light of the awesome transformations wrought by modern technology: the threat of nuclear war, ecological ravage, genetic engineering, and the like.

Though informed by a deep reverence for human life, Jonas's ethics is grounded not in religion but in metaphysics, in a secular doctrine that makes explicit man's duties toward himself, his posterity, and the environment. Jonas offers an assessment of practical goals under present...
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Hans Jonas here rethinks the foundations of ethics in light of the awesome transformations wrought by modern technology: the threat of nuclear war, ecological ravage, genetic engineering, and the like.

Though informed by a deep reverence for human life, Jonas's ethics is grounded not in religion but in metaphysics, in a secular doctrine that makes explicit man's duties toward himself, his posterity, and the environment. Jonas offers an assessment of practical goals under present circumstances, ending with a critique of modern utopianism.
1979, 426 pages
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Hans Jonas was born in Mönchengladbach on 10 May 1903 and died in New Rochelle near New York on 5 February 1993. His works have been translated into more than 15 languages.

Hans Jonas was born in Mönchengladbach on 10 May 1903 and died in New Rochelle near New York on 5 February 1993. His works have been...


OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Correspondence 1954–1978 and Further Material
Year of Publication: 2022
Hans Blumenberg, Hans JonasYear of Publication: 2022

When asked which contemporary philosopher he considered the most important, Hans Jonas answered more than once: Hans Blumenberg. Conversely, there were only few colleagues Blumenberg respected more than Jonas. Their correspondence, which spans almost 25 years, is a testament to their mutual esteem, but also to occasional tensions, and offers insights into the biographical and historical...

Memoirs
Year of Publication: 2003
Hans JonasYear of Publication: 2003

»When Hans Jonas died in 1993 at the age of 89, he was revered among American scholars specializing in European philosophy, but his thought had not yet made great inroads among a wider...

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Technology, Medicine and Ethics
Year of Publication: 1990
Hans JonasYear of Publication: 1990
In Technology, Medicine and Ethics, Hans Jonas attempts to apply the “principle of responsibility” to paradigmatic case studies in the fields of biological research and medicine....
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Japan (Hosei UP)

The Concept of God After Auschwitz
Year of Publication: 1987
Hans JonasYear of Publication: 1987

With a ceremonial address entitled The Concept of God After Auschwitz, Hans Jonas gave thanks for having received the Faculty of Protestant-Theology at the University of Tübingen’s 1984...

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Hans Jonas died in New Rochelle near New York on 5 February 1993.