Responsibility in an era of modern technology and nihilism. Part 2 : inter-connection and implications of the two notions of responsibility in Jonas

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dc.contributor.author Wolff, Ernst
dc.date.accessioned 2010-04-15T09:09:07Z
dc.date.available 2010-04-15T09:09:07Z
dc.date.issued 2009
dc.description.abstract This essay aims at clarifying the content of Jonas’s philosophy of responsibility. First, an analysis is given of the connection between nihilism and modern technology. Jonas’s contribution to the problem of ethics in this context is prepared by an interpretation of the way in which fear and the myth respectively function as motivations for his work. This paves the way to a reconsideration of the content of Jonas’s philosophy, whereby two notions of responsibility should be identifi ed: (1) responsibility as ethicity and (2) responsibility as foundational rule. With this distinction a number of problematic issues associated with his ethics of responsibility can be clarifi ed. en_US
dc.description.abstract Cet article vise à clarifi er le contenu de la philosophie de la responsabilité de Hans Jonas. L’article commence par une analyse du rapport entre le nihilisme et la technique moderne. La contribution de Jonas sur cette question éthique doit être située par une interprétation de la façon dont la peur et le mythe motivent son travail. Ainsi s’ouvre une reconsidération du contenu de la philosophie de Jonas : deux notions de responsabilité peuvent être distinguées : (1) la responsabilité comme éthicité et (2) la responsabilité comme règle fondatrice. Cette distinction permet de clarifi er un nombre de dilemmes associés à son éthique de la responsabilité. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Wolff, E 2009, 'Responsibility in an era of modern technology and nihilism. Part 2 : inter-connection and implications of the two notions of responsibility in Jonas', Dialogue, vol. 48, pp. 841- 866. [http://dialogue.acpcpa.ca/en/index.html?submit2=English] en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0012-2173
dc.identifier.other 10.1017/S0012217309990448
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/13955
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Cambridge University Press en_US
dc.rights © Canadian Philosophical Association /Association Canadienne de Philosophie en_US
dc.subject Modern Technology en_US
dc.subject Nihilism en_US
dc.subject Responsibility en_US
dc.subject Inter-Connection en_US
dc.subject Jonas en_US
dc.subject Implications en_US
dc.title Responsibility in an era of modern technology and nihilism. Part 2 : inter-connection and implications of the two notions of responsibility in Jonas en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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