THE EXTENDED, UNCERTAIN CONFINE OF HUMAN FREEDOM AND HANS JONAS' POINT OF VIEW

Authors

  • Angela Michelis Università di Torino

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7443/19067

Keywords:

physis, nomos, polis, logos, heimarmene, techne, freedom, consensus generis humani

Abstract

In ancient times all the actions of man were set against the immutability of nature, which was not greatly altered by human undertakings. Nowadays, the unexpected vulnerability of nature, which has come to light in the consequences we are now witnessing of the environmental disasters caused by uncontrolled technological progress and the burgeoning population, has changed our very perception of ourselves as a causal factor. Therefore, human freedom needs new shared directions. In the 1970s Jonas observed with great foresight that questions were never legislated for in the past have become the competence of laws that the total city has to formulate in order to ensure that we still have a liveable world to pass on to future generations.

 

[doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v5i1.19067]

 

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Author Biography

Angela Michelis, Università di Torino

Angela Michelis, laureata in Filosofia "cum laude" presso la facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia dell’Università di Torino nel 1995, con una specializzazione biennale post-laurea interateneo in area linguistico-letteraria, ha ottenuto il titolo di dottore di ricerca in Filosofia ed Ermeneutica filosofica presso l’Università di Torino effettuando anche uno stage alla New School University of New York, Graduate Faculty. È professore in ruolo di Filosofia e Storia nei licei. Attualmente è assegnista di ricerca e cultore della materia, presso il Dipartimento di Filosofia dell’Università di Torino.
È redattore di “Filosofia e Teologia” e degli “Annali della Fondazione Centro Studi Augusto Del Noce”.

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Published

2014-09-05

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2014)

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Papers

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