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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jonas, Hans.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental ethics.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1984.

Summary:

Hans Jonas explores the ethical implications of modern technology and humanity's growing power over nature, life, and itself. He argues for a new framework of ethics to address the global and long-term consequences of technological actions, emphasizing the need for responsibility toward future generations and the environment. Jonas critiques traditional ethics, which were limited to interpersonal relations and immediate impacts, and proposes a forward-looking ethical system that considers humanity's collective future. The book is intended for scholars, ethicists, policymakers, and those interested in philosophy, technology, and the future of human civilization. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

1. The Altered Nature of Human Action

I. The Example of Antiquity

II. Characteristics of Previous Ethics

III. New Dimensions of Responsibility

IV. Technology as the “Calling” of Mankind

V. Old and New Imperatives

VI. Earlier Forms of “Future-oriented” Ethics

VII. Man as an Object of Technology

VIII. The “Utopian” Dynamics of Technical Progress and the Excessive Magnitude of Responsibility

IX. The Ethical Vacuum

2. On Principles and Method

I. Ideal and Real Knowledge in the “Ethic of the Future”

II. Prevalence of the Bad over the Good Prognosis

III. The Element of Wager in Human Action

IV. The Duty to Ensure a Future

V. Being and Ought-to-Be

3. Concerning Ends and Their Status in Reality

I. The Hammer

II. The Court of Law

III. Walking

IV. The Digestive Organ

V. From Reality to Validity: From the Problem of Purpose to the Problem of Value

4. The Good, the “Ought,” and Being: A Theory of Responsibility

I. Being and Ought-to-Be Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

0-226-85033-1

OCLC:

1531323530