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The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age
Book Details
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- Publish Date: Oct 15th, 1985
- Pages: 263
- Language: English
- Edition: Revised - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.97in - 5.90in - 0.63in - 0.80lb
- EAN: 9780226405971
- Categories: • Ethics & Moral Philosophy
About the Author
More books by Hans Jonas
What people are saying
Philosopher, writer. Author of MIND IN LIFE (2007); WAKING, DREAMING, BEING (2015); WHY I AM NOT A BUDDHIST (2020). Married to @beckettodd BlueSky: evanthompson
"Act so that the effects of your action are compatible with the permanence of genuine human life." -- Hans Jonas, The Imperative of Responsibility.
PhD, former librarian, pessimistic utopian. History of tech, disasters, & doom-saying. Wrote my dissertation on Y2K. (Mastodon: librarianshipwreck).
In “The Imperative of Responsibility,” Hans Jonas argues that “the prophecy of doom” be focused on over “the prophecy of bliss” when it comes to thinking about new technologies’ potentials. Though that may seem hyperbolic, too often we refuse to see risks until it’s too late.
What people are saying
Philosopher, writer. Author of MIND IN LIFE (2007); WAKING, DREAMING, BEING (2015); WHY I AM NOT A BUDDHIST (2020). Married to @beckettodd BlueSky: evanthompson
"Act so that the effects of your action are compatible with the permanence of genuine human life." -- Hans Jonas, The Imperative of Responsibility.
PhD, former librarian, pessimistic utopian. History of tech, disasters, & doom-saying. Wrote my dissertation on Y2K. (Mastodon: librarianshipwreck).
In “The Imperative of Responsibility,” Hans Jonas argues that “the prophecy of doom” be focused on over “the prophecy of bliss” when it comes to thinking about new technologies’ potentials. Though that may seem hyperbolic, too often we refuse to see risks until it’s too late.