This article adapts the method of educational hermeneutics to discuss Hans Jonas' ethics of responsibility. Main research aims of this article as following: (1) to discuss the origin of Jonas' ethics of responsibility; (2) to analyze theoretical contents of Jonas' ethics of responsibility; (3) to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of Jonas' ethics of responsibility; (4) to explain the important implications of Jonas' ethics of responsibility for Taiwan's life education. Hans Jonas is considered one of thinkers that fight against the hegemony of technical power upon society. He gives an ontological explanation to point out that life itself is the highest value and ultimate end of organism. What's more, the objective value claims of ”ought” to man to take the responsibility for its subjects. He appeals to a prospective, unreciprocal, and categorical responsibility to protect nature and to save future generations. To realize the new ethics, he proposes ”the heuristics of fear”, which means to predict doom in prevalence, therefore make man have consciousness of fear and inspire him to correct his own errors so as to lessen the possible disaster. I hope through inquiry into Jonas' ethics of responsibility to understand advantages and disadvantages about his theory. Then, I will offer it as reference, in order to build life education theory and to improve life education practice for our country.