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The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age

The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age

Jonas, Hans

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Philosophy

ISBN10: 0226405974
ISBN13: 9780226405971
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Oct 15 1985
Pages: 263
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.97
Language: English
A classic work of ethical philosophy that explores our options in an age of devatasting technological change

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.

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