The Heuristics of Fear: Can the Ambivalence of Fear Teach Us Anything in the Technological Age?
The paper assumes that fear presents a certain degree of ambivalence. To say it with Hans Jonas (1903-1993), fear is not only a negative emotion, but may teach us something very important: we recognize what is relevant when we perceive that it is at stake. Under this respect, fear may be assumed as...
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| description | The paper assumes that fear presents a certain degree of ambivalence. To say it with Hans Jonas (1903-1993), fear is not only a negative emotion, but may teach us something very important: we recognize what is relevant when we perceive that it is at stake. Under this respect, fear may be assumed as a guide to responsibility, a virtue that is becoming increasingly important, because of the role played by human technology in the current ecological crisis. Secondly, fear and responsibility concern both dimensions of human action: private-individual and public-collective. What the ‘heuristics of fear’ teaches us, is to become aware of a deeper ambivalence, namely the one which characterizes as such human freedom, which may aim to good or bad, to self-preservation or self-destruction. Any public discussion concerning political or economic issues related with human action (at an individual or collective level) ought not to leave this essential idea out of consideration. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3bd3161c48f244c4aa32589ef9c1634c2022-12-21T19:51:50ZdeuAdam Mickiewicz UniversityEthics in Progress2084-92572015-02-016110.14746/eip.2015.1.9The Heuristics of Fear: Can the Ambivalence of Fear Teach Us Anything in the Technological Age?Roberto Franzini Tibaldeo0University of TurinThe paper assumes that fear presents a certain degree of ambivalence. To say it with Hans Jonas (1903-1993), fear is not only a negative emotion, but may teach us something very important: we recognize what is relevant when we perceive that it is at stake. Under this respect, fear may be assumed as a guide to responsibility, a virtue that is becoming increasingly important, because of the role played by human technology in the current ecological crisis. Secondly, fear and responsibility concern both dimensions of human action: private-individual and public-collective. What the ‘heuristics of fear’ teaches us, is to become aware of a deeper ambivalence, namely the one which characterizes as such human freedom, which may aim to good or bad, to self-preservation or self-destruction. Any public discussion concerning political or economic issues related with human action (at an individual or collective level) ought not to leave this essential idea out of consideration.https://150.254.65.4/index.php/eip/article/view/9331FearResponsibilityHans JonasHeuristics of FearTechnological Risks |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Franzini Tibaldeo The Heuristics of Fear: Can the Ambivalence of Fear Teach Us Anything in the Technological Age? Ethics in Progress Fear Responsibility Hans Jonas Heuristics of Fear Technological Risks |
| title | The Heuristics of Fear: Can the Ambivalence of Fear Teach Us Anything in the Technological Age? |
| title_full | The Heuristics of Fear: Can the Ambivalence of Fear Teach Us Anything in the Technological Age? |
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| title_short | The Heuristics of Fear: Can the Ambivalence of Fear Teach Us Anything in the Technological Age? |
| title_sort | heuristics of fear can the ambivalence of fear teach us anything in the technological age |
| topic | Fear Responsibility Hans Jonas Heuristics of Fear Technological Risks |
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