On Hans Jonas’ Ethical Thought Of Responsibility

In the second half of the 20 th century,Hans Jonas,a German American philosopher,reflected on science and technology and put forward the idea of responsibility ethics according to the characteristics and trends of technology development.Responsibility ethics takes human existence as the first law,advocates that nature and human beings have the same moral subjectivity,and emphasizes that human beings are responsible for nature and future human beings.Compared with the traditional ethics,which aims to regulate and restrict people’s behavior of "being ",Hans Jonas’ responsibility ethics is a macro ethics spanning time and space,with the characteristics of integrity and continuity.First of all,it emphasizes the integrity of human beings rather than the universal individual responsibility;in addition,the object of responsibility ethics is nature and human beings,as well as the future people who have not yet existed.This idea not only expands the horizon of ethics,but also provides ethical guidance for people to deal with technology risk ethics in the era of science and technology.In essence,Hans Jonas’ ethical thought of responsibility is a kind of moral responsibility that fully shows the ethical relationship of human beings.The responsibility he advocated is in the moral sense,which is significantly different from other responsibilities,that is,it is substantive,non reciprocal and natural.In addition,this responsibility relationship includes the responsibility between man and nature,between man and human society,and between man and future man.It fully reflects the ethical relationship of man.Hans Jonas also provides a plan on how to realize the ethical thought of responsibility,such as fully understanding science and technology and giving priority to "evil" prediction by predicting science,so as to warn people to limit themselves and avoid the disaster brought by technology when developing science and technology.Hans Jonas’ responsibility ethics is the product of the era of science and technology,which contains the principle of responsibility,the principle of integrity and other moral and ethical values in line with the value concept of "community of human destiny" advocated by contemporary society.Therefore,the study of Hans Jonas’ responsibility ethics has profound theoretical value and practical significance,and also enriches the modern social responsibility the theoretical system of ethics.