Philosophical aspects of the ethics of responsibility by Hans Jonas

Abstract

In the article the philosophical aspects of Hans Jonas' ethics were described and analyzed. The analysis oftheir logical coherence and consistency in the observed moral imperatives was carried out. The reconstructionof the meaning of the ideological and contextual context was carried out, within the framework of which Jo-nas formulates the main provisions of his ethical theory. As the main application updating the proposed un-derstanding and ethics of the Recommendation, the solution of the technology, or rather its (their) intensiveand irreversible growth, is proposed. The irrelevance of imperative ethics was emphasized in the light of thenew particularly acute challenges facing modern civilization. The main epistemological and problematic as-pects of Jonas's ethical theory were highlighted, formulated in the form of questions, the search for answers towhich constitute the justification of these scenarios. The application of the author 's logic of argumentationand the metaphysical basis of the new ethics in the key of rationalism, as well as the possibility of its applica-tion in the political dimension at the global level of environmental problems was demonstrated. The author'sdichotomies were revealed when analyzing the ethical attitude to such categories as “value” and “responsibil-ity”. The substantial novelty of the Jonas concept was presented, taking into account the main provisions ofKant's formal ethics and ontological explanations of technical Heidegger. It was concluded that, unlike manyirrational interests in modern philosophy, the ethics of Realization was embedded in the classical tradition ofphilosophical knowledge, although constructive polemics were associated with it. The question of the ap-plicability of the practical application of the new ethics was raised.