Is an ethics without God possible?

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Paulo Vasconcelos Jacobina

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The secularist states come from a gnoseological idealism strongly linked to the self-proclaimed agnostic and atheist thought who says to prescind from religion, because it should not “in any way influence the public or even the exterior conduct of a person”. Based on these considerations, we intend to unveil the initial interrogation, based on human reason and not in faith to reach a common ethics, reflecting especially on four proposals: 1) the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 2 ) the design of “a global ethic”, to be built through international forums of religions and cultures; 3 ) the positivist model; and 4) the “ethics of discussion” , pointing out some achievements and limitations of each of them.

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Vasconcelos Jacobina, P. (2015). Is an ethics without God possible?. Brasiliensis, 4(7), 19-55. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8127845
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Paulo Vasconcelos Jacobina

Mestre em Direito pela Universidade Federal da Bahia. É Procurador Regional da República e membro da Comissão de Bioética da Arquidiocese de Brasília.

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Vasconcelos Jacobina, P. (2015). Is an ethics without God possible?. Brasiliensis, 4(7), 19-55. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8127845