Hermenêutica, ética e diálogo : Gadamer e a releitura da filosofia prática de Platão e Aristóteles

Abstract

In this thesis we argue that the development of an ethics is present in the whole hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer. We came to this conclusion following Gadamer’s interpretation of the practical philosophy of Plato and Aristotle. We also achieved this idea through the recognition of the similarity between the proposal of a hermeneutical understanding and moral phenomena considered since the Socratic question about the good. In this sense, the conceptual framework that connects Gadamer’s philosophy and an ethics of dialogue is grounded in both the hermeneutical tradition and in his reinterpretation of the concept of Aristotelic phronesis and the Platonic dialogue. In our view, one of the most important contribution of the “hermeneutical ethics of dialogue” was to seek a new basis for the discussion on ethical behavior. This is a concept of dialogue that identifies in the project of a human solidarity the possibility for the emergence of actions aimed at taking care of the other seeking the public well-being. Therefore, Gadamer’s hermeneutics reaffirms the importance of philosophy to evaluate the fundamental issues of our practical reality and allowing a rich debate of philosophy and other sciences (medicine, law, education).