The Ontological Maze: Ethics, Dignity and the Critical Essences of Identity and Sustainability - Paperback

by Marco Ettore Grasso (Author)

This book presents itself as a new transformative-emancipatory path: it attempts to reconcile the sphere of humanity, and particularly that of dignity, with the dimensions of conscience, vulnerability, and identity. These dimensions cross several cultural boundaries and encompass various theoretical hypotheses, in line with certain critical ontologies.

Present society highlights increasing levels of inequality. Ethics should try to create constructivist bridges, which the author shows by a meta-ontological model, described in its 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.

Author Biography

Marco Ettore Grasso (PhD in Philosophy of Law) is currently collaborating on the subjects of Theoretical Philosophy and Philosophy of Sustainable Development at the University of Macerata (Department of Humanities). He is the author of numerous publications, including some books on resilience and sustainability ethics.