Philosophy and the Future
Philosophy and the Future
Author(s): Lu De VosSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: subjectivity; the end of mankind; care for the contingent; self-knowledge
Summary/Abstract: Both, the individual and social life, discover the future in so far as they organise the structure of their own life out of their conscious subjectivity. With that consciousness they become aware that the only unconditioned future is dead, my personal disappearing as well as the end of mankind. After this discovery, the only possible action rests the care for all these consciousnesses, who know that there will be an end; such an action is also a free accepted care for those, who are so contingent, but at least know that they are so.
Journal: Balkan Journal of Philosophy
- Issue Year: I/2009
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 9-18
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English