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De Zan, JulioKeywords
utopiaKant
political philosophy
cosmopolitism
Ethical comunity
utopía
Kant
filosofía política
cosmopolitismo
comunidad ética
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B1-5802
Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
B
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This article proposes a contemporary revisiting of the texts of <i>Religion within the Limits of Bare Reason</i> in which Kant outlines the idea of a universal ethical community. The author holds it that it is possible to approach or to confront this kantian idea with the ideas of other thinkers of Enlightenment who anticipated the emergence of new cosmopolitan social subjects different from the political subject framed within the formal structures of the modern State and which, even when they do not constitute themselves with truly political aims, acquire a significant political relevance of first order, as soon as they attain presence in the public space. The ethical community, without which we could not become moral persons, is in Kant's view, something already existing as informal, particular, fragmented communities and independent from the system of the juridical-political institutions. The aim is to become reflective about these communities moral goals, so that they may open themselves up to the unity of the whole of humanity. The significance of this kantian idea is rediscovered and can be more adequately valued only today, in the context of the actual debates in political philosophy, based on the decentralization of the State and the <i>return of civil society</i>, or the recovery of its autonomy, and of integration nets that represent alternative forms of globalization.<br><br>Este artículo propone una relectura contemporánea de los textos de <i>La Religión dentro de los límites de la mera razón</i> en los cuales Kant esboza la idea de una comunidad ética universal. Esta idea kantiana se puede parangonar con las ideas de otros pensadores de la ilustración, que anticiparon la emergencia de nuevos sujetos sociales cosmopolitas diferentes del sujeto político encuadrado en las estructuras formales del Estado moderno, los cuales no se plantean fines directamente políticos, pero en cuanto tienen presencia en el espacio público, adquieren también una relevancia política significativa. La comunidad ética, sin la cual no podríamos ser personas morales, es para Kant algo ya existente, como comunidades informales, particulares, fragmentadas, e independientes del sistema de las instituciones jurídico-políticas. Se trata de hacer reflexivos los fines morales de estas comunidades para que puedan abrirse a la unidad de todo el género humano. La significación de esta idea kantiana se redescubre y se puede valorar más adecuadamente recién hoy, en el contexto de los debates actuales de la filosofía política, a partir del descentramiento del Estado y del <i>retorno de la sociedad civil</i>, o de la recuperación de su autonomía, y de las redes de integración que significan formas de globalización alternativas.Date
2005-12-01Type
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1988-8376
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