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| Being: Being in philosophy pertains to the state of existence or reality, encompassing entities, their nature, and the fundamental questions concerning existence and its nature._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Hans Jonas on Being - Dictionary of Arguments
Brocker I 614 Being/Jonas: "That being is about something, at least about ourselves, is the first thing we can learn about it from the presence of purposes in it" (1). That "nature holds values because it holds purposes" (2), Jonas says, shows that there is no value neutrality of nature. "Having purpose" is a "good by itself" (3), life in itself is valuable. (JonasVsTheory of Evolution). Evolutionary Biology/Brocker: would reply that life is only a possibility of nature that chance has realized. N.B.: According to Jonas, the duty of mankind to avoid the total destruction of itself and all life can therefore be read directly from nature. See Ecological Imperative/Jonas, Ethics/Jonas, Teleology/Jonas, Values/Jonas. 1. Hans Jonas, Das Prinzip Verantwortung. Versuch einer Ethik für die technologische Zivilisation, Frankfurt/M. 1979, S. 156 2. Ebenda S. 150 3. Ebenda S. 1554 Manfred Brocker, „Hans Jonas, Das Prinzip Verantwortung“ in: Manfred Brocker (Hg.) Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt/M. 2018_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Jonas I Hans Jonas Das Prinzip Verantwortung. Versuch einer Ethik für die technologische Zivilisation Frankfurt 1979 Brocker I Manfred Brocker Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert Frankfurt/M. 2018 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19