The ethics of responsible acting - a systemic perspective

Summary

This paper stems from work with research in organic farming, especially the philosophy and methodology of systemic research. In this work, the relations between science and values are pivotal issues of inquiry. The presentation will include the following topics:
– sustainability and precautionary acting
– conceptions of nature and of the relationship between human and nature
– the historical extension of ethics
– moral responsibility and moral considerability
– moral significance and concepts of value
– two paths of extending moral considerability
– a cybernetic model of ethical acting
– four dimensions of extension of ethics
– towards a systemic ethics