On the Significance of Nature for the Question of Ethics

Author: Schmidt, Dennis J.

Source: Research in Phenomenology, Volume 31, Number 1, 2001 , pp. 62-77(16)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

The purpose of this article is to begin to renew the theme of nature as a central, even unavoidable, question for philosophizing today. Furthermore, the argument is made that this question is most productively posed as a question concerning ethical life. Texts by Aristotle, Kant and Höderlin are considered. Attention to Heidegger's concerns with technology also serves to guide the issues here.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15691640160048568

Publication date: 2001-09-01