
De la racionalidad a la razonabilidad: ¿es posible una fundamentación epistemológica de una moral “política”?
Author(s) -
Eduardo López
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 1870-4905
DOI - 10.22201/iifs.18704905e.1997.1063
Subject(s) - argument (complex analysis) , philosophy , position (finance) , epistemology , moral responsibility , sociology , economics , biochemistry , chemistry , finance
The main argument of this paper tries to justify some duties of respect and tolerance common in liberal societies. The argument proceeds in four steps. First, it shows that a rational person (in a broad sense) will take seriously into account the Rawlsian "burdens of judgment”. The second step tries to prove that taking the burdens of judgment seriously leads a rational person to a fallibilist position regarding moral doctrines (in the sense of assuming that the own comprehensive moral view can be wrong). The third (and crucial) step of the argument aims to derive a tolerant attitude toward other (incompatible) conceptions of the good from the fallibilist position. And, finally, some limits of this attitude based on the same fallibilist position are considered and discussed.