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Hans Jonas: Ethics for a Technological Age: 3 key ideas
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- IDEA 1 OF 3
Responsibility to the future
Jonas argued that modern technology's power to affect distant generations requires a new ethics of responsibility.
We must act so that human life can continue.
- IDEA 2 OF 3
Heuristics of fear
When consequences may be catastrophic and irreversible, give extra weight to the bad scenario.
A basis for the precautionary principle.
- IDEA 3 OF 3
Technology is not neutral
Powerful tools reshape what we do and value.
Ethical review must keep pace with innovation, a theme for essays on AI and biotechnology.
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