The Ethics of Responsibility – Responsibility for Future Generations

• Authors: Tyburski Włodzimierz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The basic issue addressed in this paper is responsibility conceived in the perspective of global responsibility and, within its framework, responsibility for future generations. In the face of growing threats and crisis phenomena the category of responsibility has gained a fundamental meaning. Responsibility may be considered in the context of the past and presence, but it should also be analyzed as referring to the future. The paper will elucidate main understanding of responsibility; the notion and value of responsibility will be analyzed in close relation to the notions and values of solidarity, justice, and community thinking and action.

Keywords

EN

global ethics; ethics of responsibility; future generations’ interests solidarity-commonality justice ecological threats and crisis

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Studies in Global Ethics and Global Education
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 3-12

Dates

published

2017-10-25

Contributors

author

Tyburski Włodzimierz

• Katedra Filozofii Moralności i Etyki Globalnej, Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii, Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. M. Grzegorzewskiej, ul. Szczęśliwicka 40, 02-353 Warszawa

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Notes

DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0010.5428 URL: https://sgege.aps.edu.pl/resources/html/article/details?id=154785