A naturalized concept of justice? A critical response based on Jürgen Habermas´s moral theory

The aim of this paper is to study critically, with the help of Habermas´s moral theory, the current naturalistic approach to morality —which is based on both the evolutionary theory and neuroscience—. In doing so it will be explained the specifically moral use of practical reason, as Habermas propos...

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Main Author: César Ortega Esquembre
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Pontificia Comillas 2017-02-01
Series:Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica
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Online Access:https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/pensamiento/article/view/7687
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spelling doaj-32cac5f9dfcc4afe8c5bbac957c2d7cc2020-11-24T21:56:00ZspaUniversidad Pontificia ComillasPensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica0031-47492386-58222017-02-017227382784810.14422/pen.v72.i273.y2016.0047354A naturalized concept of justice? A critical response based on Jürgen Habermas´s moral theoryCésar Ortega Esquembre0Universidad de ValenciaThe aim of this paper is to study critically, with the help of Habermas´s moral theory, the current naturalistic approach to morality —which is based on both the evolutionary theory and neuroscience—. In doing so it will be explained the specifically moral use of practical reason, as Habermas propose; it will be compared this moral use with Kohlberg's postconventional stage of moral development; and it will be claimed that naturalistic approach cannot explain this stage, that can be understood as specific justice area.https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/pensamiento/article/view/7687conciencia moraljusticiaéxito evolutivoHabermasKohlberg.
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A naturalized concept of justice? A critical response based on Jürgen Habermas´s moral theory
Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica
conciencia moral
justicia
éxito evolutivo
Habermas
Kohlberg.
author_facet César Ortega Esquembre
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title A naturalized concept of justice? A critical response based on Jürgen Habermas´s moral theory
title_short A naturalized concept of justice? A critical response based on Jürgen Habermas´s moral theory
title_full A naturalized concept of justice? A critical response based on Jürgen Habermas´s moral theory
title_fullStr A naturalized concept of justice? A critical response based on Jürgen Habermas´s moral theory
title_full_unstemmed A naturalized concept of justice? A critical response based on Jürgen Habermas´s moral theory
title_sort naturalized concept of justice? a critical response based on jürgen habermas´s moral theory
publisher Universidad Pontificia Comillas
series Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica
issn 0031-4749
2386-5822
publishDate 2017-02-01
description The aim of this paper is to study critically, with the help of Habermas´s moral theory, the current naturalistic approach to morality —which is based on both the evolutionary theory and neuroscience—. In doing so it will be explained the specifically moral use of practical reason, as Habermas propose; it will be compared this moral use with Kohlberg's postconventional stage of moral development; and it will be claimed that naturalistic approach cannot explain this stage, that can be understood as specific justice area.
topic conciencia moral
justicia
éxito evolutivo
Habermas
Kohlberg.
url https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/pensamiento/article/view/7687
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