Rationality and ethics in Franz Hinkelammert: Hinkelammert's critique of the orthodox theory of rational action

 

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Author: Mora Jiménez, Henry
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:2025
Description:The article develops the fundamental distinction that Franz Hinkelammert establishes between means-end instrumental rationality and reproductive rationality of life, and why the former (without denying its theoretical and practical status) should be subordinated to the latter. Three types of judgments are distinguished: means-end judgments, lifedeath judgments, and value judgments. Only if we discard life-death judgments (which are judgments of fact), value judgments turn out to be alien to scientific discussion, since these
Country:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/4049
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rfilosofia/article/view/4049
Keyword:reproductive retionality
life-death judgments
ethics of life
racionalidad reproductiva
juicios vida-muerteEliminar juicios vida-muerte
ética de la vida