Human existence is a caring existence

DOI: Doi. 10.15343/0104-7809.200933.2.1

Authors

  • Olinto Pegoraro Doutor em Filosofia pela Universidade Católica de Louvain, Bélgica. Pós-doutor pela Catholic University of America. Escritor. Docente nas Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro e Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro

Keywords:

Existence-philosophy. Ethics. Time-philosophy.

Abstract

This paper deals with three ethical conceptions of human beings, namely, the Greek, the Jew-Christian and the Contemporary.
In the first one, human dignity resides in the capacity to think: intelligence seemed a divine flash in the matter. The second extends this
understanding adding the dimension of faith: reason accepts realities that go beyond it but do not contradict it, for reason could not
accept contradiction. The third ethical conception of human beings is based on human existence’s temporality: human beings, as the
only known intelligent reality, are understood as carers of themselves (ethics-politics), nature (through science) and history that they
lead (through wisdom).

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Published

2009-04-01

How to Cite

Pegoraro, O. . (2009). Human existence is a caring existence: DOI: Doi. 10.15343/0104-7809.200933.2.1. O Mundo Da Saúde, 33(2), 136–142. Retrieved from https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/763

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 2 (2009): APRIL/JUNE 2009

Section

Articles