Online Seminar: Imperative of Responsibility
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Sat, Oct 12 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Online Contemporary Issues Seminar Series
The Imperative of Responsibility by Hans Jonas
Saturday, October 12, 2024
“Act so that the effects of your action are compatible with the permanence of genuine human life.”
In this collection of essays, published in 1984, Hans Jonas 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 so on. 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. We invite you join this online series, reading each essay about one month apart.
October 12 Reading:
The Imperative if Responsibility by Hans Jonas
Chapter Two – On Principles and Methods (pages 25-50)
University of Chicago Press (October 1985)
ISBN 978-0226405971
Schedule:
12:00-2:00PM PDT
Tutor:
Andy Gilman
Location:
Online. Register to receive the link.