Las capacidades ético-discursivas como capacidades para el reconocimiento recíproco: bases de un modelo de desarrollo humano

Juan Carlos Siurana ()
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Juan Carlos Siurana: Departamento de Filosofía del Derecho, Moral y Política, Postal: Universitat de València, España

Ethics and Economics, 2011, vol. 8, issue 1, 14

Abstract: I defend three discourse ethical capabilities for human development: 1) Capability for self-understanding; 2) Capability to ground judgements in a dialogue with the affected; 3) Capability to carry out, with others, the justice projects agreed by common consent. Here I interpret them as capabilities for “reciprocal recognition.” I claim that the forms of self-relation of the subject, defined by Axel Honneth, complement the capability for self-understanding. Honneth also offers an idea of justice that reviews the second mentioned capability. But I question the concept of “struggle” in Honneth from the perspective of the third capability, showing the advantages of co-responsibility. Then, I show that the three capabilities can be specified in indicators in each one of the spheres of the society where important ethical issues are confronted, and I give the example of what happens within the business sector. Finally, I defend a procedure to measure such indicators with concrete data. This procedure will allow us to evaluate the ethical level of a society evaluating the “ethical capabilities” of their citizens.

Keywords: capabilities; discourse ethics; reciprocal recognition; human development; indicators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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