Il problema etico nel pensiero di Gianni Vattimo (The Ethical Problem in Gianni Vattimo)

Abstract

The philosophical meditation by Gianni Vattimo emerges as a flat refusal of every expression of violence. For this reason we can say it dips its roots on ethics. The blame of metaphysical knowledge and of demonstrative logic rise from this ethical need. This kind of thought is guilty of obstruct the intersubjective dialogue and the meeting between different cultures. As a reason for his staying between existential meditation and taking leave from metaphysical tradition, Vattimo’s work appears as the result of Nietzsche’s teaching and Heidegger’s suggestions. But does Vattimo ménage to hang on to his project? Can the preacher of peace be guilty of violence? This article will tray to make clear about this questions, moving between an accurate reading of Vattimo’s works and a critique of his results.