Ética da alteridade e moral cristã: o diálogo entre a filosofia de Emmanuel Levinas e a teologia moral

Abstract

The 20th century was pointed out by great impact events on the world scene such as the World Wars tragedies, the totalitarianism outbreak and the worsening of unfairness conditions and social inequality among other barbarisms. To these happenings can be added the global requirements at the present time, translated into a clamor for genuine relations ethical and solidary. At this scene, the Christian theology acknowledges the requirement of a renewal in the presentation of Christian Moral bases according to the Magisterium teachings. The dialog between Emmanuel Levinas philosophy and Theology comes forward as a way to answer this demand. At Levinas writings, the features of the Old Testament s wisdom - shown through philosophical language - allow one to take several themes directly connected to both biblical and jewish universes to the present days ethical reflection field. Theology also offers to Levinas unedited way of thinking the possibility of increasing the horizons of what is called ethics of alterity . Given these facts, this research aims to introduce the bases of Levinas ethical thinking by researching how the question over the other falls on the Moral Theology