Aristotle and Kant: Parallelisms on Ethics, Law, Justice and Hermeneutics
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https://doi.org/10.4013/rechtd.2017.93.06Abstract
This work aims to compare Aristotelian and Kantian traditions on the relationship between ethics, law, justice and hermeneutics. This research is theoretical, qualitative and uses bibliographic content analysis as a methodological procedure. Its main premise, inspired by Adela Cortina and A.W. Müller, is the following: Aristotle and Kant’s philosophies display a combination between deontological and teleological elements. The writing assumes a problem-type imaginary situation conceived by Julio de Almeida as a methodological device used in the test of the following hypotheses: (1) Kant’s philosophy, just like Aristotle’s, displays a hermeneutic sense of situational appropriateness and a moral justification of law; and (2) there is a functional parallelism between Aristotle’s notion of friendship and Kant’s categorical imperative. We concluded our working hypotheses were confirmed.
Keywords: Deontologism, Teleologism, sense of appropriateness, moral foundation of law, categorical imperative, friendship.
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