"The Dialectical Dynamic of Life’s Self-Preservation in Hans Jonas’ Philosophical Biology"
(2020) Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal — Vol. 41, n° 2 (2020)
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Franzini Tibaldeo, Roberto 
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- It is generally acknowledged that Hans Jonas’ ethical reflection exhibits the philosopher’s advocacy of conservation, especially of the natural and living environment. It is indeed undeniable that the author of The Imperative of Responsibility recalls the centrality of the “core phenomenon of our humanity, which is to be preserved in its integrity at all costs” and that – he adds – the care for the future of humankind “must obviously include care for the future of all nature on this planet as a necessary condition of man’s own.” (IR 136) The first aim of this article is to underline that, according to Jonas, the accomplishment of these tasks entails preserving and keeping a particular ‘quality’ of terrestrial life related to its teleological dynamism and the possibility of its future development. Indeed, what Jonas does refuse is life’s undergoing the deterioration or loss of its higher potential.
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Frogneux, N., & Franzini Tibaldeo, R. (2020). “The Dialectical Dynamic of Life’s Self-Preservation in Hans Jonas’ Philosophical Biology”. Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal, 41(2). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/120462 (Original work published 2020)