Abstract
The affirmation of care as a characteristic of inter-subjective relations is linked to the overcoming of a conception of just action based on the scheme of correspondence/reciprocity: that is, on acting for the evil/harm of those who are deemed to act in contrast to the interests or opinions of the judging one and for the good/benefit, only, of those who produce advantages for this latter. The risks of such a commutative vision of justice are highlighted, insofar as multiplying evil and producing conflicts and wars. As an antithesis, an idea of justice is proposed understood as loyalty to the good (as aimed at making just, for all the subjects involved, relationships that have not been so) even in the face of evil: of this, recalling both the correspondence to the principles of the Italian Constitution and the biblical grounds. It is emphasised that criminal law, on the one hand, has historically made the aforementioned commutative vision of justice its own, disseminating it on a cultural level, while, on the other hand, it shows today some elements that move away from it.
| Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] Care and co-responsibility in the face of the challenge of evil |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 55-67 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | HERMENEUTICA |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Keywords
- commutative justice: critique
- giustizia commutativa: critica
- etica della cura e giustizia
- ethics of care and justice
- justice as loyalty to the good
- giustizia come fedeltà al bene
- justice in the Bible and according to Jesus
- giustizia nella Bibbia e secondo Gesù
- superamento di visioni retributive della pena
- overcoming retributive views of punishment
