Tecnologia e moralidade:

Rousseau e Jonas

Authors

  • Lincoln Frias UFMG

Keywords:

Technology, morality, Rousseau, Jonas

Abstract

The paper examines the plausibility of the conservative argument about technology. In the first section, the thesis from Discourse on the arts and the sciences by Rousseau is stated and the arguments which ground it are explained and discussed. In the second section, Hans Jonas"™ account of the relation  between moral progress and technical progress is explained and discussed as well. The conclusion is that the technologies aren"™t good or bad in themselves, they are amoral. Notwithstanding, they must be viewed as opportunities of moral enhancement.
 

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Author Biography

Lincoln Frias, UFMG

Doutorando na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) e bolsista FAPEMIG

References

ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. Discurso sobre as ciências e as artes. (1750) In: Rousseau. Trad. L. S. Machado. São Paulo: Abril Cultural, 1973. (Coleção Os Pensadores).

JONAS, Hans. O princí­pio responsabilidade: ensaio de uma ética para a civilização tecnológica. (1979) Trad. M. Lisboa & L. B. Montez. Rio de Janeiro: Contraponto; PUC-Rio, 2006.

Published

2020-04-12

How to Cite

FRIAS, Lincoln. Tecnologia e moralidade: : Rousseau e Jonas . Trilhas Filosóficas, [S. l.], v. 2, n. 2, p. 21–36, 2020. Disponível em: https://periodicos.apps.uern.br/index.php/RTF/article/view/1579. Acesso em: 8 dec. 2025.

Issue

Section

FLUXO CONTíNUO