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Freedom or responsibility, which of these is the main ethical characteristic of human being? In this matter Heidegger's 'Sein und Zeit' obviously favors freedom while responsibility is only of Dasein's possibilities of being.. It is absolutely fundamental, however, that from the very beginning of his philosophical journey Heidegger is convinced that there is one original obligation of human being's fate as a 'shepherd' of Being. The questioning of Being (from 'Sein und Zeit') finds its mirror image in the answering of Being. Heidegger's philosophy after 'the turn' (Kehre) accents the unity of being and thinking. Heidegger describes total closeness, when a man and Being are given to each other, as 'event' (Ereignis). The truth of Being, which appears in 'Ereignis' is no longer the object of human questioning. The man no longer can say: 'I ask', all he can say is: 'I am called'. Free from metaphysical thinking, he can reach his own essence in this relation and claim his being-himself (Selbstsein). First un favor of the existential freedom of Dasein, Heidegger gradually approaches the attitude of primary role to responsibility in human being's ethical characteristics.