TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jonas, Hans
AU  - Herr, David
TI  - The imperative of responsibility: : in search of an ethics for the technological age
SN  - 9780226405971
AV  - BJ1453 .J6613 1984
PY  - 1984///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Ethics
KW  - Responsibility
KW  - Technology
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
N1  - Translation of: Das Prinzip Verantwortung; Bibliography: p. [233]-246; Includes bibliographical references
N2  - 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
ER  -