A ética da resistência: adorno e o problema da normatividade

Abstract

This work addresses the implicit ethics in Theodor Adorno's philosophy. In addition to identifying its content, the work attempts to point out solutions to the problems raised by the critics, especially with regard to the normativity of his proposal. The problem of normativity stems from its refusal to provide a positive notion of good to the evil that would be fought in the formulation of the so-called Auschwitz imperative, which establishes the need for humanity to mobilize so that nothing similar occurs again. In response to this problem, it is argued that evil should be considered as normative in itself, and so what it need to mobilize for the action of resistance is to prove that Adorno's theory provides the reasons for that. Thus, the work reconstructs the main concepts of Adorno's philosophy in order to show the validity of the idea that Auschwitz is a logical consequence of capitalist modernity. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]