Napisal je vrsto vidnih del, ki so vplivala na filozofe v ameriki in evropi, predvsem pa v nemciji. Through an outline of the development of mans relation to nature from greek antiquity to the present it is argued that science and technology in modernity favour a relation of exploitation which partly is the cause of fatal climate changes. Ernst blochs prinzip hoffnung and hans jonass prinzip verantwortung chapter eight. Modern technology then embeds the faster spread nature of technology into its internal rule. A critical reflection on hans jonas ethics of responsibility. In search of ethics for the technological age velja za njegovo najpomembnejse delo, ki mu je. Drawing on the total axiologization of being, jonas substantiates a new way of a mans being as natures trusted person. This paper features a reflexive analysis of the theory of responsibility by hans jonas. Engage your students during remote learning with video readalouds. This interpretation of environmental ethics is expressed in the theory of responsibility by hans jonas. Hans jonas tvingades 1933 emigrera fran tyskland till palestina eftersom han var jude.
Produced by johns hopkins university press in collaboration with the sheridan libraries. The imperative of responsibility according to hans jonas by yolanda ziaka in his book the imperative of responsibility, published in 1979, the german philosopher hans jonas pleads for the extreme emergency to give ourselves an ethics for technological civilization based on the imperative of responsibility. I was especially interested in this, since hans jonas, while being well known in germany, has not yet received the attention. Hans jonas 19031993 was born and educated in germany, where he was a pupil of martin heidegger and rudolf bultmann. It is argued that jonass ethics fails to meet the challenge of the collective character of technological action, that his view of human history is problematic and that the metaphysical. He left in 1933, when hitler came into power, and in 1940 joined the british army in the middle east.
Hans jonas 19031993 was one of the most creative and original jewish thinkers of the twentiethcentury. Sprachraum vielleicht am meisten gelesene moralphilosophische. Zionism, the holocaust, and judaism in a secular world. Jonas notion of collective moral responsibility with regard to the unforeseen and unintended consequences of collective action has been especially well received, at least in germany, both in public debates about the demands for a new ethics in the face of the environmental crisis as well as in political discourse about ecoethical concerns. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here. In prinzip verantwortung betont hans jonas, dass er eine vollig neue ethik entwickeln mochte, namlich. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
A descriptive view on hans jonas ethics 192 with the rapid spread of information is a highly demand for the survival. This paper presents the philosopher hans jonass idea of an environmental ethics. This paper is a reflection on the main work of the german philosopher hans jonas. Reflections on the new task of ethics by hans jonas is a detailed psychological study in which jonas has discussed in detail the relationship between technology and ethics by discussing various aspects and factors building up human ethics from the evolution of mankind to the technological advancements. The imperative of responsibilityunderstanding hans jonas. Fallstudien zur ethik in wissenschaft, wirtschaft, technik. This volume offers a retrospective of jonas s life and works by bringing together historians of modern germany, judaica scholars, philosophers, bioethicists, and environmentalists to reflect on the meaning of his legacy today.
Hans jonas philosoph des umweltbewusstseins youtube. Jonass writings were very influential in different spheres. Hans jonas here rethinks the foundations of ethics in light of the awesome transformations wrought by modern technology. Hans jonas, fodd 10 maj 1903 i monchengladbach, dod 5 februari 1993 i new york, var en tyskjudisk filosof. Though informed by a deep reverence for human life, jonass ethics is grounded not in religion but in metaphysics, in a secular doctrine that makes explicit mans duties toward. Western norway university of applied sciences pdf the imperative of responsibility a fundamental thesis in hans jonas the imperative of responsibility in search of an ethics for the technological age 1984 is that the golden promises of modern technology have turned into a threat, and that technology is inseparably linked. We use cookies to make interactions with our website easy and meaningful, to better understand the use of our services, and to tailor advertising. Hans jonas may 10, 1903 february 5, 1993 was a germanborn philosopher, from 1955 to 1976 the alvin johnson professor of philosophy at the new school for social research in new york city. Responsibility for the biosphere the principle, that a world suitable for human habitation should be preserved for all future times, is widely acknowledged as a general axiom. Starting from moral theory he derives fundamental thoughts about a responsible approach to dealing with new technologies, and mainly in todays wording disruptive innovations. Download book pdf handbuch technikethik pp 143148 cite as. This article considers philosophical underpinnings of environmental ethics as the ethics of human responsibility for being of life, life of man and life of nature.
The moral philosophy of immanuel kant 17241804 and hans jonas 1903 1993 is studied, and it is concluded that the deontological perspective offers a fruitful starting point for further work with ethical theory concerning surveillance. Ernst blochs prinzip hoffnung and hans jonass prinzip verantwortung. Philosophical underpinnings of environmental ethics. Hans jonas nacio en 1903 en monchenglandback, alemania. Han studerade filosofi, religionsvetenskap och konsthistoria i bl. Can we not address the ecological crisis through an extension. Ethical theory and new surveillance semantic scholar. The altered nature of human action to begin a discussion of jonass work, it is well to ask why we need a new ethics. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
Hans jonas 1903 1993 was a theologian and philosopher whose intellectual development moved from research into the gnosticism of late antiquity through a naturalistic philosophy of life and culminated in establishing an ethic of global ecological responsibility. The philosophical genesis of the ecological crisis17 comprehensive ethic, one that can respond to the ecological and ethical crisis we face. Through jonass philosophical notion of an ontology of man as an. The imperative of responsibility according to hans jonas. The legacy of hans jonas judaism and the phenomenon of life. Hans jonas philosophical biology, although developed several decades ago, is still fundamental to the contemporary reflection upon the meaning of life in a systems thinking perspective. Verantwortung im spannungsfeld zwischen machtentfaltung. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Hans jonas hans jonas may 10, 1903 february 5, 1993 was a germanborn philosopher, from 1955 to 1976 the alvin johnson professor of philosophy at the new school for social research in new york city. Forty years ago, hans jonas main writing the imperative of responsibility was first published in german.
Jonas s writings were very influential in different spheres. Through jonass philosophical notion of an ontology of. Use the link below to share a fulltext version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Hans jonas philosophical biology, although developed several decades ago, is still fundamental to the contemporary reflection upon the meaning of. This volume offers a retrospective of jonass life and works by bringing together historians of modern germany, judaica scholars, philosophers, bioethicists, and environmentalists to reflect on the meaning of his legacy today. After the war he taught at hebrew university in jerusalem and carleton uni.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. New perspectives on hans jonass friendship with gershom scholem and hannah arendt. Ethical theory and new surveillance anders albrechtslund aalborg university kroghstraede 3. It shows his intellectual trajectory till the point of the rescueing of the ethics of responsibility, suggested in max weber s works of the beginning of this century. The imperative of responsibility edition open library. The legacy of hans jonas judaism and the phenomenon of. Starting from a reflection on the present stage of technological civilisation, a critical reading of jonass ethics of responsibility from a husserlian point of view is presented. Nov 18, 2018 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle.
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