FROM BENEVOLENCE TO COMPASSIONATE CITIZENSHIP:
THE RECOVERY OF KEY CONCEPTS FOR THE CULTIVATION OF DEMOCRACY
Keywords:
Nussbaum, Citizenship, Sentimentalists, Compassion, BenevolenceAbstract
The suffering that crosses our existence and the vulnerability that is constitutive to us demand the presence of citizens that from their emotional repertoire can assume an effective commitment to fight against the conditions of poverty, injustice and oppression that weigh on the lives of so many people seriously impeding the possibilities of human flourishing. This reflection is associated with the decline that in the current democratic societies experience certain key aspects for life in society, such as concern for the other and their pressing needs, as well as a special sensitivity for the cultivation of the common good, in such a way that what is perceived is an exclusive individualism that dehumanizes those who live like this and breaks the ties that link us with our communities and with humanity in general. Faced with the above, the rehabilitation of certain sentimental notions that give a privileged place to benevolence and compassion in the personal sphere and in public deliberation, allows generate new discussions about the role of emotions in the moral and political life, in such a way that other courses of reflection are established that motivate citizens to think about the attitudes and commitments that are necessary to close the gap caused by the lack of solidarity and apathy against the pain of others. This article that covers ideas about philosophy and moral sentiments following the approaches of Hutcheson, Shaftesbury and Nussbaum is a contribution to the debate on the ethical principles and ideals of social justice that await their consolidation in the current democratic, open and participatory societies.
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