Research Project

Project title

The Principle of Humanity in the Context of Contemporary Conflicts. Existential and Phenomenological Challenges

Project description

The project focuses on possible applications of the principle of humanity in contemporary conflicts. Difference can be presented not merely as antagonism and polemos, which lead to the annihilation of the other pole, but also as a challenge of interaction and coexistence without the elimination of constitutive distinctions. We examine the formation of paradigms that conceive of difference primarily as antagonism and support a boundless negation of the “bearers” of otherness. Parallel to the criticism of these paradigms we develop a reflection of their corrective in the form of the principle of humanity as a framework for the tolerance of difference. We examine what humanity means in our current conditions. The application of the principle of humanity is a key step in preventing the absolutization of antagonism and in deescalating conflicts. We explore different ways of creating space for the use of this principle as well as the limits of its meaningful application.

Contact

Institute of Philosophy SAS, v.v.i.
Klemensova 19
811 09 Bratislava 1
Slovak Republic
Tel.: +4212 5292 1215
E-mail: sekretariat.fiu@savba.sk
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Address for correspondence:

Filozofický ústav SAV, v. v. i.
P. O. Box 3364
813 64 Bratislava
Slovak Republic

Journal Filozofia

Institute of Philosophy SAS, v.v.i.
Filozofia Editorial Office
Klemensova 19
811 09 Bratislava 1
Slovak Republic
Tel.: +4212 5292 1215
E-mail: redakcia.filozofia@savba.sk
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Address for correspondence:

Filozofický ústav SAV, v. v. i.
Filozofia Editorial Office
P. O. Box 3364
813 64 Bratislava
Slovak Republic

Journal Organon F

Institute of Philosophy SAS, v.v.i.
Organon F Editorial Office
Klemensova 19
811 09 Bratislava 1
Slovak Republic
Tel.: +4212 5292 1215
E-mail: organonf@gmail.com
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Address for correspondence:

Filozofický ústav SAV, v. v. i.
Organon F Editorial Office
P. O. Box 3364
813 64 Bratislava
Slovak Republic