01712cam a2200349 a 4500001001900000003000600019005001700025008004100042010001600083020001800099035002100117035002600138035003900164035001900203040000800222041000800230041000800238050002400246100003500270240003600305245016900341260005100510300002900561500004700590504003200637504004100669520055200710650001101262650001901273650004201292700002801334990106077780107026UkOxU20251013170815.0920803s1984    ilu       b   001 0 eng d  aLC 83-18249  a9780226405971  a(UkOxU)010607778  a(UkOxU)010607778BIB01  aCURL 05LC83018249(Lon) from pdc357  a(OCoLC)9970115  ctbs1 aeng1 hger 0aBJ1453b.J6613 1984  aJonas, Hansd1903-1993eauthor10aPrinzip Verantwortung.lEnglish14aThe imperative of responsibilityb: in search of an ethics for the technological agec/ Hans Jonas ; translated by Hans Jonas, with the collaboration of David Herr.  aChicago :bUniversity of Chicago Press,c1984.  axii, 255 pages ;c24 cm.  aTranslation of: Das Prinzip Verantwortung.  aBibliography: p. [233]-246.  aIncludes bibliographical references.  aHans 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. 0aEthics 0aResponsibility 0aTechnologyxMoral and ethical aspects  aHerr, Davidetranslator