Natural responsibilities: philosophy, biology, and ethics in Ernst Mayr and Hans Jonas. From: The Hastings Center Report | Date: July 1, 2002| Author: Donnelley, Strachan | COPYRIGHT 2002 Hastings Center. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Mayr from biology, Jonas from philosophy, both worked their way--against the philosophical current--toward a biologically informed philosophy that both draws from the natural sciences and reflects a responsibility toward nature.

During a meeting at The Hastings Center in 1996, Ernst Mayr, ninety-three years young and widely acknowledged as the dean of evolutionary biology said, "You know, we ought to have a meeting on Hans Jonas. He was one of the few thinkers who took organic...

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