Moral autonomy: A possibility for human development from ethics of solidary responsability
Abstract
Cognitive developmental approaches in moral development state as the main goal
of psychological development the construction of a personal identity that reaches
the level of moral autonomy, in the kantian sense, at which a more differentiated
and integrated self is achieved Psychological interpretations and distortions of this
concept, have lead to an excessive emphasis on autonomy, with the result of individualistic postures and the exacerbation of narcissism. This work outlines the
need to interpret the concept of autonomy from the ethics of solidary responsability,
constructing autonomy on intersubjective terms, performing it through dialogue
and action, as the result of the common account of different points of view. We refer to moral solidary autonomy in the sense of an autonomy that is inherent to the development of the self and whose vital element is solidarity among men who
acknowledge each other as free.
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