Publication: Conocer y creer: a propósito del debate sobre la nueva regulación del aborto
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2011
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Universidad de Granada
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Este trabajo quiere examinar el argumento según el cual apreciar que la vida nonata está dotada de dignidad desde la concepción es de carácter religioso y, por ello, no racional, ni públicamente relevante. Con el fin de aclarar qué significa razonar según las exigencias de una
sociedad plural acerca de los temas éticamente controvertidos, se detiene en el pensamiento de Habermas y Spaemann relativo a la vida y a la noción de dignidad. Aquél propone en El futuro de la naturaleza humana considerar la vida prenatal indisponible pero no inviolable —no es persona— y llama a creyentes y no creyentes a colaborar en un esfuerzo de traducción y
apertura recíprocas. Éste estima que sólo una consideración religiosa de la vida humana puede
garantizar el respeto a su dignidad, cuyo fundamento radica en la distinción entre lo que somos y quiénes somos. El artículo sostiene que una razón religiosa no sólo cree, sino que conoce, y que nuestra democracia necesita un diálogo libre y serio entre creyentes y no creyentes.
This essay focuses on the argument which states that only a religious and, therefore, non rational neither publicly relevant reason, can regard unborn foetus endowed with dignity from conception. Trying to clarify what reasoning on ethically controversial issues in a plural society means, it pays close attention to Habermas and Spaemann’s thinking about human life and dignity. The first one proposes in The Future of Human Nature considering unborn life non available, though sometimes violable and calls believers and non believers to collaborate by translating their arguments into public reasons and by opening their minds to the religious world respectively. The second one ponders that only a religious consideration of human life guarantees the respect for its dignity, whose fundamentals lie on the distinction between what we are and who we are. The article upholds that a religious reason does not only produce beliefs, but also knowledge and that our democracy needs a free and serious dialogue among believers and non believers
This essay focuses on the argument which states that only a religious and, therefore, non rational neither publicly relevant reason, can regard unborn foetus endowed with dignity from conception. Trying to clarify what reasoning on ethically controversial issues in a plural society means, it pays close attention to Habermas and Spaemann’s thinking about human life and dignity. The first one proposes in The Future of Human Nature considering unborn life non available, though sometimes violable and calls believers and non believers to collaborate by translating their arguments into public reasons and by opening their minds to the religious world respectively. The second one ponders that only a religious consideration of human life guarantees the respect for its dignity, whose fundamentals lie on the distinction between what we are and who we are. The article upholds that a religious reason does not only produce beliefs, but also knowledge and that our democracy needs a free and serious dialogue among believers and non believers