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Image et corps vivant : penser à partir de Hans Jonas
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Conference PowerPoint presentation slides for SoCIA 2016, Clemson, SC.
The aim of this paper is to analyze the ideia of the homo faber according to Hans Jonas's philosophy and his descriptive-analytical and evaluative view of technology. According to the author, the history of the technique could be divided... more
A brief workshop paper on risks presented by synthetic biology and our ethical responsibility to control such risks.
Human survival is currently threatened by many existential risks. Because humankind is the only known species capable of complex morality, if humankind went extinct, morality would die with us. Given that the existence of humankind is a... more
La crisis de la covid-19 ha sacudido, sin duda, los cimientos de las sociedades del mundo, y especialmente de las del hemisferio norte del planeta. La prime-ra oleada de la pandemia ha cuestionado la eficiencia de algunos gobiernos y... more
Prendendo spunto da un passo del Sistema periodico in cui Levi definisce Dio un “maestro di polimerizzazioni” che non ama le sostanze “troppo incorruttibili”, questo saggio discute il tema della responsabilità ambientale e della... more
The question on the essence of man and his relationship to nature is certainly one of the most important themes in the philosophy of Hans Jonas. One of the ways by which Jonas approaches the issue consists in a comparison between the... more
Seguindo o exercício arendtiano de “pensar o que estamos fazendo”, neste livro trazemos a urgência de considerar os danos causados ao meio ambiente e aos seres vivos em geral pelo capitalismo junto às democracias liberais e buscar saídas... more
RESUMO: O presente artigo é um ensaio que procura saber se há algum direito de morrer. Este ensaio procura por esta resposta por meio de uma interpretação da tradição jurídica para saber quando surgiu a noção de ter direito a algo. Além... more
Version complète (en brouillon) de la recension parue dans la revue Esprit
Both the cause and the solution to environmental crisis are parsed in terms that seem intrinsically to sponsor rejection of notions of autonomy. At the level of metaphysics and of ethics, a discourse of human autonomy is generally seen... more
During the Fifties and the Early Sixties Hans Jonas developed a theory of man based on a series of concepts as separation of form from matter, image and symbol. By reflecting on these themes, Jonas seems to refer to the aesthetic... more
Hans Jonas’ philosophy of responsibility is a major contribution to environmental ethics and political theory, but aspects of it have proven controversial. Jonas’ critics, in particular Richard Wolin, have argued that his thought is... more
Se Deus é todo poderoso, onisciente e todo bom, por que ele permite a existência do mal? Se não vem dele, então de onde vem? O problema do mal tem sido o principal empecilho para a crença de diversas pessoas, no decorrer da história, em... more
Die prozessuale Wirkungsweise der Immersion beschränkt sich nicht nur auf technisch-apparative Medien oder computergestützte Mediensysteme, sondern zeigt sich innerhalb zahlreicher Forschungsdiskurse ebenfalls bei analogen oder... more
La question de l’animal apparaît chez Jonas comme intermédiaire entre l’apparition de la vie et apparition de l’homme, mais elle est néanmoins importante en ce qu’elle permet de manifester des caractéristiques du vivant encore implicites... more
This text reconstructs the reflections on the responsibility of Manuel Cruz, in particular highlighting the reasons that led him to the introduction of the notion of taking charge. Furthermore, the text emphasizes the reflection of Cruz... more
Il pensiero di Hans Jonas è comunemente inteso nel segno di una netta reazione all'interpretazione gnostica del sé e del mondo. Egli si dedicò allo studio della gnosi dalla metà degli anni venti fino al secondo dopoguerra, e il frutto... more
Artykuł przedstawia poglądy Hansa Jonasa na temat tego, jak ludzie odnoszą się do wszechświata. Szczególny nacisk położony został na pokazanie przemian, które zaszły na przestrzeni wieków w postrzeganiu kategorii życia i śmierci.... more
Riassunto Questo articolo contribuisce all'indagine sul tema dell'Antropocene con una riflessione sul " principio responsabilità " di Hans Jonas. Jonas ripensa il rapporto tra essere umano e natura rifondando l'idea del primo come unità... more
“Con Platone non si finisce mai”: questa forte e convinta affermazione costituisce una sorta di ‘basso continuo’ in questo libro. Esso intende infatti riproporre momenti e snodi cruciali, che hanno segnato in profondità la relazione... more
Hans Jonas (1903-1993) was one of the most important German-Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. A student of Martin Heidegger and close friend of Hannah Arendt, Jonas advanced the fields of phenomenology and practical ethics in ways... more
As an interaction between art and technology which cross age and cultural barriers, Hayao Miyazaki's animated movies may be useful tools for providing an example of some of the ways we may enter into a free relationship with technology as... more
Traduction française et présentation de l'introduction de Gnosis und spätantiker Geist «L’approche «sans présupposé» de l’histoire qui s’imagine se poser immédiatement face à l’Histoire «libre de toute philosophie» n’est donc qu’une... more
In bringing together the key features of Hans Jonas’s philosophy in one volume Theresa Morris has done English-language philosophers a great service. Hans Jonas’s Ethic of Responsibility is a clear and highly readable work which should... more
[...Il filosofo Hans Jonas introduce il suo saggio “Il concetto di Dio dopo Auschwitz” con la domanda fondamentale: «Che cosa ha aggiunto Auschwitz a ciò che da sempre siamo in grado di sapere sulle proporzioni delle cose spaventose e... more
in: Hans Jonas Handbuch. Leben – Werk - Wirkung, hg. v. Michael Bongardt/Holger Burckhart/John Stewart Gordon/Jürgen Nielsen-Sikora, Stuttgart 2021, 153–159.
This paper analyzes the underlying tendencies and attitudes toward reproductive medicine borrowing the Nietzschean concepts of nihilism: “death of God” with secularization; “will to power” with reproductive liberty and technological... more
Il principio responsabilità di Hans Jonas venne pubblicato esattamente 40 anni fa, al termine di un decennio in cui la questione ecologica era stata posta e discussa con una certa urgenza e sistematicità. A partire da quel momento nessun... more
The article deals with present day challenges related to the employ of technology in order to reduce the exposition of the human being to the risks and vulnerability of his or her existential condition. According to certain transhumanist... more
Two poets of 20th century towards the question “Unde malum?”. The dialogue of Tadeusz Różewicz and Czesław Miłosz ABSTRACT The article presents a comparative interpretation of two poems: Unde malum? by Tadeusz Różewicz and Unde malum by... more
This article is concerned with two interrelated questions: what, if anything, distinguishes synthetic from natural organisms, and to what extent, if any, creating the former is of moral significance. These are ontological and ethical... more
Gordon and Burckhart have assembled a collection of essays that are grouped together complimentarily and flow well from one to the next. As to the strengths and weaknesses of the individual essays, they are predominantly well written,... more