
That one should not put into the "big thinkers" at a stroke is a truism, who have influenced, for better or for worse, the world of ideas seem to have permanently things to say. This being so, it seems sensible to afford to read them in an aseptic manner, as if his ideas had no practical consequences, as if their ideas be rooted in a parallel world from which they can be idealized. Things do not seem so simple, writers with pretensions of universality should be studied and criticized not only from a particular time, but even more so, from our own time, but their ideas would be simply "museum pieces" perhaps worthy of admiration, some of them, but no practical use.
I think that at the time that Latin America this discussion is relevant, particularly in the case of Rousseau. The ideas in this "champion of freedom" have become a forerunner of totalitarianism. After all, how is it that the General Will may require us to be free, how is that the people's voice is the voice of God. The man certainly is a being that lives in communities, which allows it to survive and ensure a well, but, is it not equally man an individual being, with particular interests and desires?. Perhaps one of the key achievements of the West during the last three hundred years is, precisely to be defined guarantees for private spaces of individuals and private associations to which they are incorporated in terms of their common interests.
It is no longer alone, then, of the difficulties involved in decision-making process that is based on a constant and continuous participation of individuals, but rather the difficulties of building an ethical foundation for individual action that is out of the individual himself. Will be placed on the ideal plane General Will, understood as a moral will never be mistaken, and that allows a performance based on a kind of "truth unveiled" the Righteous. A truth that is made absolute and does not agree to be discussed under the argument that a single individual does not have moral standing to challenge the assumptions of a Will which is considered universal.
This, as we see, is extremely problematic and complicated, as it implies the blurring of the subject, who is supposed to be integrated, like ants from an anthill, a Higher Will, which is supposed to allow the construction the "common good", but at the same time, carries the risk of individual will suppress further the independent of the subject. In a sense, it would be worth asking which is the range of freedom enjoyed by collective entities and whether it is possible that individuals are happy if their wishes and preferences are not considered in the construction processes of 'public spaces'.
If the policy involves the free discussion of ideas among individuals who understand how free and equal, then there is no possibility to guarantee the existence of discursive exchanges if from my position as an individual I am faced with absolute ideas as the Revolution, Truth, Good, etc. At this level the discussion takes on a bias radical leading to the confrontation of good against evil, darkness against light, friends against enemies, etc.. This leads, "is almost obvious, unable to discuss our differences and building shared vision about the reality on the basis of pluralism and tolerance, and appears to favor the open confrontation between sectors that have different worldviews.
According to Gauthier, the collective morality is built on the basis of intersubjective negotiation process that allows the convergence of the interests of various individuals and organizations grouped them. Individuals, too weak to guarantee the satisfaction of their interests and desires-is bind "and interest groups" that allow them, through partnership, a more direct influence on decision-making processes and identify areas for construction of the policy through the exchange and negotiation and, one hopes, the distribution of justice and building strategies for action that are based on the idea of \u200b\u200bRawlsian reasonableness. Perhaps Rousseau
gave us a lesson in ethics for the proposition that democratic decisions are made not by the interests of particular groups, but according to the interests of the nation, but wrong in not considering that people tend to associate for obtaining their interests and for their protection and is, ultimately, by aggregating and acceptance of differences as we can truly build pluralist democratic societies and functional.
I think that at the time that Latin America this discussion is relevant, particularly in the case of Rousseau. The ideas in this "champion of freedom" have become a forerunner of totalitarianism. After all, how is it that the General Will may require us to be free, how is that the people's voice is the voice of God. The man certainly is a being that lives in communities, which allows it to survive and ensure a well, but, is it not equally man an individual being, with particular interests and desires?. Perhaps one of the key achievements of the West during the last three hundred years is, precisely to be defined guarantees for private spaces of individuals and private associations to which they are incorporated in terms of their common interests.
It is no longer alone, then, of the difficulties involved in decision-making process that is based on a constant and continuous participation of individuals, but rather the difficulties of building an ethical foundation for individual action that is out of the individual himself. Will be placed on the ideal plane General Will, understood as a moral will never be mistaken, and that allows a performance based on a kind of "truth unveiled" the Righteous. A truth that is made absolute and does not agree to be discussed under the argument that a single individual does not have moral standing to challenge the assumptions of a Will which is considered universal.
This, as we see, is extremely problematic and complicated, as it implies the blurring of the subject, who is supposed to be integrated, like ants from an anthill, a Higher Will, which is supposed to allow the construction the "common good", but at the same time, carries the risk of individual will suppress further the independent of the subject. In a sense, it would be worth asking which is the range of freedom enjoyed by collective entities and whether it is possible that individuals are happy if their wishes and preferences are not considered in the construction processes of 'public spaces'.
If the policy involves the free discussion of ideas among individuals who understand how free and equal, then there is no possibility to guarantee the existence of discursive exchanges if from my position as an individual I am faced with absolute ideas as the Revolution, Truth, Good, etc. At this level the discussion takes on a bias radical leading to the confrontation of good against evil, darkness against light, friends against enemies, etc.. This leads, "is almost obvious, unable to discuss our differences and building shared vision about the reality on the basis of pluralism and tolerance, and appears to favor the open confrontation between sectors that have different worldviews.
According to Gauthier, the collective morality is built on the basis of intersubjective negotiation process that allows the convergence of the interests of various individuals and organizations grouped them. Individuals, too weak to guarantee the satisfaction of their interests and desires-is bind "and interest groups" that allow them, through partnership, a more direct influence on decision-making processes and identify areas for construction of the policy through the exchange and negotiation and, one hopes, the distribution of justice and building strategies for action that are based on the idea of \u200b\u200bRawlsian reasonableness. Perhaps Rousseau
gave us a lesson in ethics for the proposition that democratic decisions are made not by the interests of particular groups, but according to the interests of the nation, but wrong in not considering that people tend to associate for obtaining their interests and for their protection and is, ultimately, by aggregating and acceptance of differences as we can truly build pluralist democratic societies and functional.