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

dc.contributor.authorWolff, Ernst
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-15T09:09:07Z
dc.date.available2010-04-15T09:09:07Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis 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.abstractCet 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.citationWolff, 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.issn0012-2173
dc.identifier.other10.1017/S0012217309990448
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/13955
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.rights© Canadian Philosophical Association /Association Canadienne de Philosophieen_US
dc.subjectModern Technologyen_US
dc.subjectNihilismen_US
dc.subjectResponsibilityen_US
dc.subjectInter-Connectionen_US
dc.subjectJonasen_US
dc.subjectImplicationsen_US
dc.titleResponsibility in an era of modern technology and nihilism. Part 2 : inter-connection and implications of the two notions of responsibility in Jonasen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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