Reconocimiento y obligación moral

Abstract

This paper argues for a reconstruction of the moral point of view on the basis of a complex theory of mutual recognition. Its starting point consists in Hegel's early understanding of the struggle of recognition as a dynamic process of establishing various forms of a mutual confirmation of the self's identity in relations of !ove, legal and moral respect, and social esteem. Its concluding point is that there are ditferent kinds of moral obligations in different social contexts, like asymmetrical duties tocare for others with their individual needs and desires, reciprocal duties to equal treatment of every other person, and duties to demonstrate solidarity and to esteem others in their particularity.