Verantwortung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Machtentfaltung und Verletzlichkeit: Die Umkehr des Verantwortungsverständnisses bei Hans Jonas

The aim of this paper is to show how Has Jonas arrived to develop a completely new concept of responsibility by operating a sort of reversion of the classic theories of responsibility. If in the past the holder of power (God, the Sovereign, the Law) obligated the subjected to justify himself, in Jon...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Susanne Moser
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Axia Academic Publishers 2016-09-01
Series:Labyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.axiapublishers.com/ojs/index.php/labyrinth/article/view/35
_version_ 1818944988418932736
author Susanne Moser
author_facet Susanne Moser
author_sort Susanne Moser
collection DOAJ
description The aim of this paper is to show how Has Jonas arrived to develop a completely new concept of responsibility by operating a sort of reversion of the classic theories of responsibility. If in the past the holder of power (God, the Sovereign, the Law) obligated the subjected to justify himself, in Jonas' conception it is the fragile and the vulnerable being that becomes the instance of justification for the powerful in face to which he has to respond. Thus, in The Principle of Responsibility the power relations are reversed in a way that the more power one holds, the more responsibility he has in regard to the fragile and the weak.
first_indexed 2024-12-20T07:51:58Z
format Article
id doaj.art-f2529e31809447529b6b03f97741282c
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2410-4817
1561-8927
language deu
last_indexed 2024-12-20T07:51:58Z
publishDate 2016-09-01
publisher Axia Academic Publishers
record_format Article
series Labyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics
spelling doaj.art-f2529e31809447529b6b03f97741282c2022-12-21T19:47:48ZdeuAxia Academic PublishersLabyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics2410-48171561-89272016-09-01181587810.25180/lj.v18i1.3532Verantwortung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Machtentfaltung und Verletzlichkeit: Die Umkehr des Verantwortungsverständnisses bei Hans JonasSusanne Moser0Vienna University, Graz University, Institut für Axiologische ForschungenThe aim of this paper is to show how Has Jonas arrived to develop a completely new concept of responsibility by operating a sort of reversion of the classic theories of responsibility. If in the past the holder of power (God, the Sovereign, the Law) obligated the subjected to justify himself, in Jonas' conception it is the fragile and the vulnerable being that becomes the instance of justification for the powerful in face to which he has to respond. Thus, in The Principle of Responsibility the power relations are reversed in a way that the more power one holds, the more responsibility he has in regard to the fragile and the weak.http://www.axiapublishers.com/ojs/index.php/labyrinth/article/view/35Hans Jonas, responsibility, being, human being, ontology, ethics, power relations
spellingShingle Susanne Moser
Verantwortung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Machtentfaltung und Verletzlichkeit: Die Umkehr des Verantwortungsverständnisses bei Hans Jonas
Labyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics
Hans Jonas, responsibility, being, human being, ontology, ethics, power relations
title Verantwortung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Machtentfaltung und Verletzlichkeit: Die Umkehr des Verantwortungsverständnisses bei Hans Jonas
title_full Verantwortung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Machtentfaltung und Verletzlichkeit: Die Umkehr des Verantwortungsverständnisses bei Hans Jonas
title_fullStr Verantwortung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Machtentfaltung und Verletzlichkeit: Die Umkehr des Verantwortungsverständnisses bei Hans Jonas
title_full_unstemmed Verantwortung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Machtentfaltung und Verletzlichkeit: Die Umkehr des Verantwortungsverständnisses bei Hans Jonas
title_short Verantwortung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Machtentfaltung und Verletzlichkeit: Die Umkehr des Verantwortungsverständnisses bei Hans Jonas
title_sort verantwortung im spannungsfeld zwischen machtentfaltung und verletzlichkeit die umkehr des verantwortungsverstandnisses bei hans jonas
topic Hans Jonas, responsibility, being, human being, ontology, ethics, power relations
url http://www.axiapublishers.com/ojs/index.php/labyrinth/article/view/35
work_keys_str_mv AT susannemoser verantwortungimspannungsfeldzwischenmachtentfaltungundverletzlichkeitdieumkehrdesverantwortungsverstandnissesbeihansjonas