Etica del discurso y ética material de los valores: la síntesis de Maliandi

DANIEL ENRIQUE KALPOKAS

Convergencias y divergencias. Homenaje a Ricardo Maliandi

Universidad Nacional de Lanús

Lugar: Lanús; Año: 2007;

ABSTRACT This paper examines Maliandi?s attempt to articulate discursive ethics with material ethics of values. Firstly, it presents Maliand?s proposal. Here it is shown that, accepting Apel?s transcendental-pragmatic and Hartmann?s fundamental ethical antinomy, Maliandi articulates each other by introducing an ?a priori of conflicts?. Secondly, it is argued, by offering three distinctive arguments, that  Apel cannot justify transcendentally a moral basic norm. Finally, the paper argues against the ?a priori of conflicts? introduced by Maliandi. It points out that such notion cannot be a condition of possibility of argumentation. It concludes that conflicts between principles are not necessary, but contingent.