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The Imperative of Responsibility : In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age [Buy it!] | Hans Jonas | USD 47.62 (Sun Jun 2 06:08:37 2024) | AbebooksDE | AHA-BUCH GmbH | ISBN10: 0226405974, ISBN13: 9780226405971, [publisher: The University Of Chicago Press Okt 1985] Softcover Neuware - 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. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 1985] Show/Hide image |