Amor de si e amor-próprio em Rousseau - a morte do sentimento de piedade na sociedade neoliberal

Abstract

The importance of Jean-Jacques Rousseau for modern philosophy is undeniable, his thought spans several areas, his works contributed mainly to the fields of social and political philosophy, ethics and economics. The present work seeks to propose a reflection on Rousseau's ethical, political and social thinking, especially with regard to the concepts of amour de soi, pitié and amour-propre. But it is not limited only to them, it also sought to understand the ethics of the relationship between the concepts and relations in contemporary society guided by the norms of neoliberalism. As this is a qualitative study, a comprehensive review of the literature on specific subjects was necessary and, in order to enable the connection of modern Rousseaunian thought with a contemporary neoliberal society, it was necessary to undertake a kind of dialectic, or if you prefer dialog between the authors. In the first moment of the research, the objective is to present Rousseau's ideas about the state of nature and the civilian, as well as the breaking point from one to the other and their due reasons. In the following chapter, efforts are directed to present their ideas regarding the concepts of amour de soi, pitié, amour-propre and the resulting reflections on them. The last chapter aims to present the conflict between Rousseau's ethical, political and social thinking with neoliberal doctrine, seeking to answer whether the actions driven by the principles of neoliberalism promote an overlap of amour-propre with amour de soi, thus causing death of the pitié feeling.[resumo fornecido pelo autor]