Egoism and community: an ethical reading of the road
The movie The Road, based on the novel by american writer Cormac McCarthy, proposes an ethical question in a post-apocalyptic scenario: what would be the moral canon that regulates human relations in the face of the collapse of capitalist culture? This question carries with it a critique of the prec...
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| author | Pinto Bustamante, Boris Julián |
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| description | The movie The Road, based on the novel by american writer Cormac McCarthy, proposes an ethical question in a post-apocalyptic scenario: what would be the moral canon that regulates human relations in the face of the collapse of capitalist culture? This question carries with it a critique of the preconventional morality of a consumer society and proposes an ethics chosen in limit situations based on the recognition of human dignity. This article analyzes this proposal from three elements: the recognition of values as moral contents that justify human choices; the understanding of ethics as a reflective dimension of morality, and the demand for the care ethics as an alternative to the individualistic ethics prevalent in consumer society. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-198432019-07-31T15:14:22Z Egoism and community: an ethical reading of the road Egoísmo y comunidad: una lectura ética de La carretera Pinto Bustamante, Boris Julián Bioethics Motion pictures as Topic Narrative Ethics Social Values Community Bioética Cine como asunto Ética narrativa Valores Sociales Comunidad The movie The Road, based on the novel by american writer Cormac McCarthy, proposes an ethical question in a post-apocalyptic scenario: what would be the moral canon that regulates human relations in the face of the collapse of capitalist culture? This question carries with it a critique of the preconventional morality of a consumer society and proposes an ethics chosen in limit situations based on the recognition of human dignity. This article analyzes this proposal from three elements: the recognition of values as moral contents that justify human choices; the understanding of ethics as a reflective dimension of morality, and the demand for the care ethics as an alternative to the individualistic ethics prevalent in consumer society. La película La carretera (The Road), basada en la novela homónima del escritor americano Cormac McCarthy, propone una pregunta ética en un escenario post-apocalíptico: ¿cuál sería el canon moral que regule las relaciones humanas ante el colapso de la cultura capitalista? Esta pregunta conlleva una crítica a la moral preconvencional de una sociedad consumista y propone una ética elegida en situaciones límite a partir del reconocimiento de la dignidad humana. El presente artículo analiza esta propuesta a partir de tres elementos: el reconocimiento de los valores como contenidos morales que justifican las elecciones humanas; la comprensión de la ética como dimensión reflexiva de la moral, y la reivindicación de la ética del cuidado como alternativa a la ética individualista prevalente en la sociedad de consumo. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2018-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/19843 10.31056/2250.5415.v8.n1.19843 Ética y Cine Journal; Vol. 8 Núm. 1 (2018): Figuras de Dios; 35-47 2250-5415 2250-5660 10.31056/2250.5415.v8.n1 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/19843/19572 Derechos de autor 2018 Ética&Cine Journal |
| spellingShingle | Bioethics Motion pictures as Topic Narrative Ethics Social Values Community Bioética Cine como asunto Ética narrativa Valores Sociales Comunidad Pinto Bustamante, Boris Julián Egoism and community: an ethical reading of the road |
| title | Egoism and community: an ethical reading of the road |
| title_alt | Egoísmo y comunidad: una lectura ética de La carretera |
| title_full | Egoism and community: an ethical reading of the road |
| title_fullStr | Egoism and community: an ethical reading of the road |
| title_full_unstemmed | Egoism and community: an ethical reading of the road |
| title_short | Egoism and community: an ethical reading of the road |
| title_sort | egoism and community an ethical reading of the road |
| topic | Bioethics Motion pictures as Topic Narrative Ethics Social Values Community Bioética Cine como asunto Ética narrativa Valores Sociales Comunidad |
| topic_facet | Bioethics Motion pictures as Topic Narrative Ethics Social Values Community Bioética Cine como asunto Ética narrativa Valores Sociales Comunidad |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/19843 |
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