Od sporu o dwie etyki ku etyce niekonsensualnej

Abstract

The article refers to two very clear and culturally permanent ethical concepts which remain in clear opposition towards each other. These are: traditional ethics and the ethics of authenticity paradigms. The first one, rooted in rationalistic ancient tradition (Aristotle) and Christian moral concept (Thomas Aquinas), defines the mode of existence of moral values as universal (objective), while the second, rooted in expressivist individualism, defines the mode of existence of moral values as individual (subjective). The article suggests stepping out of the dispute “either traditional ethics or ethics of authenticity” and proposes nonconsensual ethics based on the category of understanding. Nonconsensual ethics is the ethics of dialogue in social action as an universalisation of everyday life interactions in a subjective standard of valuation. This means that the person determines their subjectivity which is preceded by the reflection and the operations of their mind, and substantiates the stability of their subjective arguments via others.