IMPLEMENTANDO A RESPONSABILIDADE INFINITA DE LEVINAS COMO UM COMPROMISSO ÉTICO-POLÍTICO

Autores

  • Julio A. Andrade Department of Philosophy, University of Stellenbosch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21814/eps.2.1.96

Palavras-chave:

Levinas, Ética, política, responsabilidade infinita, Ética dos negócios, CSR

Resumo

A obra de Lévinas não nos oferece uma teoria ética, antes procura descrever um encontro ético pré-originário com o outro. Neste encontro face a face com o outro, a minha subjectividade torna-se refém por causa de uma assimetria original entre nós. Esta assimetria ética produz uma responsabilidade infinita pelo e para o outro, de modo a que a singularidade do outro possa ser preservada. Para moderar uma posição tão exigente como esta, Lévinas introduz um terceiro que restaura a justiça ao permitir o cálculo ético. Isto assinala uma passagem da ética para a política. Ainda assim, permanece uma lacuna entre ética e política. Defendo uma leitura da pretensão de Lévinas segundo a qual o terceiro ´r uma correcção correcção da assimetria de proximidade de modo a afirmar a responsabilidade infinita como o compromisso da ética com a política. Discuto algumas implicações para a ética dos negócios, em particular CSR, à luz destas descobertas.

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2023-09-29

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Andrade, J. A. . (2023). IMPLEMENTANDO A RESPONSABILIDADE INFINITA DE LEVINAS COMO UM COMPROMISSO ÉTICO-POLÍTICO. Ética, Política & Sociedade, 2, 273–286. https://doi.org/10.21814/eps.2.1.96