Abstract

Ética y razón nunca deben quedar separadas, ya que el empeño ético significa encontrar principios morales de acción humana razonables. Una reflexión filosófica sobre la moral nos descubre que el reconocimiento de mi libertad propia y de la libertad de todos, de mi existenciay de la de todos, como un valor a respetar de manera absoluta, sin condiciones ni exclusiones, constituye el principio fundamental de una fundamentación racional ética. Esto encierra una dimensión social y política inexcusable: una organización social y política humana y razonable debe articularse desde el respeto absoluto a la dignidad de todas las personas, desde la justicia para todos. La organización social y política que no lo haga, no merece llamarse ni humana ni racional Palabras clave: Ética, razón, respeto absoluto, dignidad, justicia _Abstract:_ In this paper, we argue that Ethics and reason should never be isolated from each other, since the task of Ethics consist precisely in finding reasonable principles for human action. A philosophical reflection on morals shows that the acknowledgment of my own freedom and of the freedom of everyone else, of my own existence and of the existence of everyone else, is a value that must be respected in an absolute way, leaving no place for conditions or exclusions – and that is precisely the fundamental principle for a rational foundation of Ethics. This involves an unavoidable social and political dimension: a reasonable social and political organization must be articulated from the basis of an absolute respect to the dignity of all persons, of justice for everyone. A social and political organization which does not have such a foundation does not deserve to be considered either rational or human. Keywords: Ethics, reason, absolute respect, dignity, justice.