(In)Justice and Morality. A commentary on Christoph Horn’s Paper

Authors

  • Alessandro Pinzani UFSC (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1677-2954.2014v13n1p18

Abstract

The paper is a commentary on Christoph Horn’s paper The Concept of Justice. It criticizes Horn’s claim that justice is overrated in contemporary philosophical debate by discussing Horn’s arguments. In doing so, it questions (1) the idea that we can easily distinguish between morally central and peripheral questions, as Horn claims; it points out (2) that this distinction is based on the values held by those who are drawing it; and finally (3) it stresses the centrality of the feeling of outrage provoked by the action whose acceptability is being challenged. Finally, it claims that morality arises from the experience of injustice and, therefore, that questions of justice are not only morally central; they are, rather, essential to morality.

 

Author Biography

Alessandro Pinzani, UFSC (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)

Possui mestrado em Filosofia – Università degli Studi – Firenze (1992) e doutorado em filosofia – Universität Tübingen (1997). Fez pós-doutorado na Columbia University de New York (2001-2002) e na Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2010-2011). Obteve a Habilitation (Livre-Docência) e a Venia Legendi em filosofia na Universität Tübingen (2004).   Desde 2004 é professor adjunto de Ética e Filosofia Política da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.  Desde 2008 é coordenador do Centro de Investigações Kantianas – CIK (Florianópolis) e desde 2003 é membro da Forschungsstelle für politische Philosophie da universidade de Tübingen.  Desde 2006 é pesquisador II do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico.  Tem experiência na área de Filosofia, com ênfase em Filosofia Política, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: democracia, Maquiavel, Kant, Habermas, teorias da justiça e republicanismo. Área de Conhecimento:  Filosofia política moderna e contemporânea.

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Published

2014-06-16

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2014)

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