Synthesis philosophica, Vol. 26 No. 1, 2011.
Original scientific paper
On Not Knowing Who We Are: The Ethical Importance of Transcendent Anthropology
Bojan Žalec
orcid.org/0000-0001-8096-6937
; University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Theology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Abstract
The article is dealing with the ethical importance of the acceptance of the transcendence of every person. The author argues in favor of the following thesis: Transcendent anthropology is a positive factor of personalism; Violation of solidarity is fundamental evil; Apophatic anthropology is a realistic view; We should avoid the extreme positions regarding identities: nihilist or neutralist at one hand and non-critical acceptance and their ossification at the other. The proper approach to identities is critical realism and dialogic universalism; The principle of deeper identity is spirit; Transcendent anthropology is a positive factor of a solidary attitude. The author concludes that the attitude of transcendent anthropology provides a good background for the openness toward the other, for relational and solidary attitude and for the living traditions. Further, it provides a good ground for cultural and intellectual exchange, for responsible tolerance of the radically other and for the feeling of the need for being exposed to the influence of the other.
Keywords
transcendent (apophatic) anthropology; personalism; nihilism; instrumentalism; solidarity; (cultural) identity
Hrčak ID:
72483
URI
Publication date:
23.8.2011.
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