The Possibility of Situational Ethics in the Philosophy of Ortega y Gasset

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63487/reo.190

Keywords:

Ortega y Gasset, Authenticity, Vocation, Vital Project, Situational ethic, Philosophy of values

Abstract

Ortega presents the vocation as an “inner voice” that invokes men to make a certain vital trajectory as the only way to move towards his own authenticity. A definition like this necessarily opens the question about whether his philosophy leads, as some argue, towards a situational ethic. The present work intends to address this issue. To do this, in first place, the various responses that have been given in this regard are reviewed, and, in second place, it reflects on Ortega's adherence to the philosophy of values as an element of his philosophy that would leave aside this possibility.

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Author Biography

Mora Perpere Viñuales, Universidad de Salamanca

PhD in Philosophy from the University of Salamanca, Master's Degree in American Studies from the University of Seville, and Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy from the University of Buenos Aires. Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. Her areas of research include philosophical anthropology, ethics, political philosophy, and Ibero-American philosophy.

Her main publications are “Ortega y Gasset, a hundred years after his arrival in Argentina,” Revista Cultura Económica (2016); “The call for individual authenticity in Ortega y Gasset,” Revista Avatares Filosóficos (2016); and “The Empire of Mass Man in Twentieth-Century Society According to Ortega y Gasset: The Argentine Case,” Revista Euphyía (2018).

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Published

2020-05-01 — Updated on 2020-05-01

How to Cite

Perpere Viñuales, M. (2020). The Possibility of Situational Ethics in the Philosophy of Ortega y Gasset. Revista De Estudios Orteguianos, (40), 157–165. https://doi.org/10.63487/reo.190

Issue

No. 40 (2020)

Section

Ponencias