Foucault, the moralist

Authors

  • Claudia Zorrilla

Keywords:

Foucault, ethics, morals

Abstract

In this work we postulate that Michel Foucault's interest in the ethical problematic has been present since the beginning of his investigations and that his own task has been historical-philosophical to answer the questions about how we built ourselves into moral subjects. Even though in his last years of life the author thematizes the ethical question, while before he had inquired through the modern subject, it was not with a theoretical intention, but doing a critique of morality and leading to the constitution of a new ethical subject. Additionally, we propose a distinction among "ethic" and "moral" where the first one refers to the practices in which the individuals are formed singularly, whereas the second one refers to the modes of normalization and control that shape the subjects of knowledge.

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Published

22-12-2023

How to Cite

Zorrilla, C. (2023). Foucault, the moralist. Opúsculo filosófico, (37), 31–78. Retrieved from https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/opusculo/article/view/7499

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