A responsabilidade enquanto princípio ético em Hans Jonas para a fundamentação da civilização tecnológica

Abstract

The theme of this monograph is Responsibility as an Ethical Principle in Hans Jonas for the Foundation of Technological Civilization, which results from the problem inherent in the impacts of technology resulting from human action that endanger the sustainability of human life in the world. This research is motivated by the search for understanding the causes that potentiate the destruction of all possibility of life on the planet, compromising the continuity of the human species and nature as a whole. In this context, the monograph intends to reflect on the conditions upon which the Jonasian principle of responsibility can underpin technological civilization, with specific objectives such as contextualizing the debate on ethics applied to technology, pointing out the dilemmas of ethics in the context of technological civilization, and reflecting on the place of ethics today in the face of technological revolutions. To achieve these objectives, the bibliographic review method was used, which consisted of consulting the main books and articles that focus on the above theme, and using neuromeneutics as an auxiliary technique for the interpretation of the consulted material. Because, with the advancement of technology, ethical problems arise: the eradication of life, the manipulation of cells and genes, the disproportionate use of technology, the problem of human action that is not consistent with its earthly condition.

Traditional ethics has become insufficient to provide answers to new ethical problems brought about by the advancement of technology. Now, new technologies have modified human action, which has led to a concern with the not-yet-existent, with the non-human. Furthermore, Jonas suggests that the ethics of responsibility, unlike the classical one, means the capacity of man to act with caution. The assumption defended here is that the ethics of responsibility should aim to awaken the morality of human action in relation to oneself and one's fellow beings, and differently in an imperative that leads to the preservation of all forms of action that maintain the well-being of the planet and the species. The monograph is divided into three parts: the first presents a contextual approach and inserts the author's thought; the second serves to indicate the dilemmas of ethics for current civilization; and finally, the third deals with the role of ethics today.(TRADUÇAO NOSSA)