Vulnerabilidadhacia una ética más humana

Résumé

The research that we present below delves into human vulnerability defined as both an anthropological and ethical-theological category, and proposes it as a fundamental axis for the elaboration of an ethics of vulnerability. Throughout the extensive journey in which we will define and present the inexhaustible richness of this category, our ultimate goal will be to establish that a moral theology built on the notion of human vulnerability leads to a more humanizing, more humane, ethical-religious experience. Vulnerability is essential, in our opinion, for the elaboration of a more humane ethic and it is also a pending task in contemporary fundamental morality that, until today, has not been able to incorporate it more than tangentially. It is, moreover, a multipurpose, countercultural concept, deeply rooted in universal humanity and in its unique, biographical and narrative expressions. In our opinion, the academic exercise that we propose is relevant and, as far as we have been able to investigate, it has not been yet attempted. It implies a way of doing fundamental morality that begins by being multidisciplinary, by exposing each discipline separately, but ends by making a transdisciplinary proposal, in which the common language emerges as a creation of the contribution of many. That said, the core importance of this research is that, if it meets its demands, it guides, directs, and approaches a more humane ethic. The hope that underlies the sustained effort to understand, deepen and clarify a polyhedral concept according to the disciplinary approach with which it is approached, is to be able to trace some elements that guide the discourse of Christian ethics towards a greater understanding and, above all, towards a greater integration of human vulnerability. We believe that this contribution to moral theology is in harmony with what is emerging with increasing force from science, philosophy, ecology and the magisterium itself. It is certainly in tune with the moral of the Gospel.