Perspective voyage · 1979
When effects are global, long-term, and irreversible, is an ethics designed for nearby contemporaries sufficient?
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Jonas argues that modern technology changes the scale and temporal reach of action, making nature and the continued existence of humanity objects of ethical responsibility.
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Philosophy of Technology
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Locator: §3.3 Ethical and Political Critiques of Technology; Jonas and responsibility
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