OVERDETERMINATION OF MORAL LIFE IN THE FACE OF BIOLOGICAL LIFE - KANTIAN APPROACHES TO BIOETHICS ISSUES

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  • Noêmia Sousa Chaves Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v17i2.14764

Keywords:

Autonomy. Beneficence. Kant. Biological life. Moral life.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how, in spite of overdetermination, moral and bio-logical life articulate; not only observing the amplitude of that over the latter, but highlighting the role of moral life when signifying biological life, whether it is human or another species'. In this scope we can ask: through which ways can one signify biological life? Is it possible to escape the conscience paradigm and be morally worthy in either life? To answer this we will analyze the § 42 in the Critique of Faculty of Judgement, from which we will show the Kantian's moral aspect about inanimate and animated nature. Following, we will articulate the pragmatic and practical character in the human and non human relation. After, we will defend not the overdetermination of one upon the other, but the direct relation between them.

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Author Biography

Noêmia Sousa Chaves, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Atualmente cursa o Doutorado em Filosofia pela PUCRS e atua como Coordenadora do Núcleo Docente Estruturante da Faculdade Católica de Rondônia - RO

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Published

2013-02-27

How to Cite

CHAVES, Noêmia Sousa. OVERDETERMINATION OF MORAL LIFE IN THE FACE OF BIOLOGICAL LIFE - KANTIAN APPROACHES TO BIOETHICS ISSUES. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 17, n. 2, p. 181–203, 2013. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v17i2.14764. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/14764. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2012): Ethics and Analytical Philosophy

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Artigos Originais

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