The Imperative of Responsibility In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age
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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.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780226405971 |
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
Imprint: | The University of Chicago Press |
Pub date: | 01 Oct 1985 |
DEWEY: | 170.42 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | xii, 255 |
Weight: | 420g |
Height: | 217mm |
Width: | 152mm |
Spine width: | 17mm |