Abstract

This monograph would like to present itself as a new transformative-emancipatory path. It knows how to reconcile the sphere of humanity, and particularly that of dignity, with the dimensions of conscience, vulnerability, and identity. These dimensions cross cultural boundaries and encompass various theoretical hypotheses. The current society shows ever-more traits of inequality, and the ethics should try to create constructivist bridges, which I will try to show by a "meta-ontological model", described in its "integral-centripetal" inclination. If we do not respect ourselves, others, and the environment that hosts us, we will never be able to define ourselves as "human" beings, that is, beings endowed with "dignity". Any responsibility makes sense to the extent that this respect, which we could include in the category of "taking care", constitutes the epistemological background of ethical lives.