Das Inhumane in Modellen der Selbstorganisation: Über die Dummheit in der Autopoiese und die Brutalität in der Aktualisierungstendenz

Abstract

The inhumane in models of self organization: On the dullness in autopoiesis and the brutality in the actualizing tendency. This article discusses the problematic transfer of single parts of the systems-theory into the description of situations of conflicts without a necessary valuation of factual situations. Human activity is seen both as an element of processes of self-organization as well as from the point of view of autonomic responsibility. There might be a disunity between a functionalistic and an ethic view to human activity which could lead to refusing a distinction by arguing with relativity of views. The term of autonomy is discussed in its reduction to an only biological constitution. As such it is not sufficient for ethical conclusions.