EXIGENCES OF ETHICS IN TECHNICAL CULTURE: PRINCIPLES OF ETHICS IN CONCORDANCE WITH NATURE

Resumen

In the present period of world history, during which the narural foundation of our technical culture is under attack and the survival of mankind is endangered, the urgency of ethics according to nature springs up: of ethics respecting the whole of nature - and included within the nature of man -and doing justice to it. Therefore, with regard to our technical culture, we have to ask anew for the principies of natural ethics.

This contibution is projected in the context of intercultural encounter and dialogue because the relation to nature seems to differ typically from European to Asiatic culture: the first one intending more a rational and technical mastering and domination of nature, the second one rather a spiritual paticipation and integration in nature. In order to overcome actual problems of mankind, a cooperation of both intentions seems necessary -a task which will be dealt with in this essay.