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Papers by Ana S . Cabello

Apuntes Filosóficos, Nº 36, 2010

In this paper, I review the relation between democracy and the socialist project. Since current d... more In this paper, I review the relation between democracy and the socialist project. Since current democracies are predominantly representative and liberal, we also analyze their central ideal, namely, freedom, in connection with the most important value of every socialist proposal, namely, equality. We will refer to Cornelius Castoriadis' proposal, centered on a project of personal and collective autonomy that recognizes both freedom and equality as political purposes, whereby true democracy would be identified with socialism.

Imagofagia: Revista virtual de la Asociación Argentina de Estudios de Cine y Audiovisual, Nº 8., 2013

A Clockwork Orange focuses on such philosophical issues as the relationship between individual fr... more A Clockwork Orange focuses on such philosophical issues as the relationship between individual freedom and the collective good. From a moral point of view, the film contrasts established behavioral norms to maintain the social order with the possibility that individuals may be free to decide upon their own behavior. The use of close-ups in the sequences that address the question of freedom is especially relevant insofar as we interpret the close-ups as affection-images that invite the spectator to take part in the internal life of the character as a moral agent.

Apuntes Filosóficos, Nº 33, 2008

Two important ethical conceptions in the history of the philosophy have in common the pretension ... more Two important ethical conceptions in the history of the philosophy have in common the pretension to establish universal parameters, in order to motivate their recognition from all human beings: the ethical proposal of Hegel and Habermas. In their study, it is necessary to place them in perspective with some notions of Kant and Mead, to evaluate the overcoming that is tried to make from the formal ethic to the pragmatic-formal of the dialogue ethic proposed by Habermas.

Logoi: Revista de filosofía, Nº 12, 2007

Michel Foucault identifies in the Modern State two tendencies in the exercise of his power, one t... more Michel Foucault identifies in the Modern State two tendencies in the exercise of his power, one that totalizes and another that individualizes, a bureaucratic modality and another pastoral modality. Although the organization of the modern State is centralized, bureaucratic and unifying, through the legal frame that is dictated, also she incorporates what our author identifies like the pastoral one, that uses techniques of being able oriented to influence the individuals. In this way, both the central power of the bureaucratic administration and the power of techniques of permanent government on each individual, meet.
The presence of this double phenomenon in the institutions of the Venezuelan State will be reviewed, through an analysis of the constitutional speech on the education.

Conference Presentations by Ana S . Cabello

XVIII International Congress of philosophy (Philosophical Association of Mexico), 2016

This conference presents a critical review of the theories of justice of Nancy Fraser and Rainer ... more This conference presents a critical review of the theories of justice of Nancy Fraser and Rainer Forst, specifically in the aspect of the circularity of their proposals when dealing with the normativity of the path towards greater justice. While Fraser accepts the presence of a circular relationship between democracy and justice in his theory-and finds it also in Forst's proposal-the German philosopher denounces circularity in Fraser's theory and intends to overcome it. Fraser introduces the idea of a 'sufficiently good deliberation' as a resource to complement her criterion of parity of participation. For his part, Forst proposes to distinguish a 'minimum or fundamental justice' as a condition of possibility of 'full or maximum justice'. The text contrasts some perspectives that proclaim that a certain circularity would be unavoidable in any democratic theory of justice but that it is possible to conceive it as virtuous, with others that propose ways to break the circular relationship between democracy and justice. This review of perspectives will be important to justify our support for the idea that democratic processes of justice require a kind of non-ideal public deliberation, not to eliminate circularity but to turn it into a point of support for the institutional transformations necessary for greater justice.

VII National Congress of philosophy: Challenge and perspectives (Venezuelan Society of Philosophy), 2010

Society is constituted by institutions and imaginary meanings that give sense to the world and to... more Society is constituted by institutions and imaginary meanings that give sense to the world and to life. The characteristics of the anthropological identity that is the individual, that specific form of subject that we know today and with which we identify ourselves, the formation of those subjects with particularities that are recognized as equal (or not) is also a historical product.
Cornelius Castoriadis criticizes the reduction of democracy to a set of procedures and states that it can not be dissociated from a conception of human being and the ends of the political institution. The procedural conception of democracy is a manifestation of the crisis of meanings with respect to the ends of collective life and is linked to contemporary individualism.

III International Congress of Phenomenology and Hermeneutics: On Participation, 2012

In Rorty's proposal, the ethical task for each person would be self-creation (or self-formation) ... more In Rorty's proposal, the ethical task for each person would be self-creation (or self-formation) while the obligation towards others would be expressed in solidarity and loyalty. In the private sphere, the ironic attitude would be the one that allows free self-formation. The ironist innovates in the culture, her merit is to contribute to the edification -education- of himself and of others without needed to contribute to the political tasks of social transformation.
This would imply that a person's obligations to themselves do not express in political obligations, or that self-education (the concern for self-development) would not require participation in the public sphere. My aim in this presentation is to try to weaken this preeminence of ethics over politics.
The relationship between self-creation and solidarity deserves our attention because it would be more useful to consider the conception of politics and explanation about the social constitution of the individual of the Greek-French philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis to narrow the tasks in a horizon that softens the duplicity stated by Rorty.

XVI National Congress of philosophy (Philosophical Association of Argentina), 2013

Contemporary thinkers such as Richard Rorty and Ernst Tugendhat find that the source of what is a... more Contemporary thinkers such as Richard Rorty and Ernst Tugendhat find that the source of what is accepted and defended as morally worthy or preferable is the identification by the agent with a certain moral community and from there would be born the moral obligation or feeling. On the other hand, Cornelius Castoriadis explains the roots that recognition or discrimination can be generated. I review the elements that constitute the moral identity of the person and to what extent other people can determine the sense of moral obligation of an ethical, reflective subject, who is in the search of an autonomous way of life.

Talks by Ana S . Cabello

V Symposium of humanistic and educational research., 2007

In the exercise of citizenship it is necessary to question the law from the ethics standpoint so ... more In the exercise of citizenship it is necessary to question the law from the ethics standpoint so as to cause the question to arise: Must our system of norms be obeyed? The answer will only be affirmative in the cases in which the legislation respects the values that are considered necessary for life in the community. The justice of the legislation is given by the fact that it considers the community and expresses its interests. The human rights express common values and intentions of the contemporary western societies; therefore they could be employed to evaluate the justice of the legal norms. Nevertheless, this will only be possible with pretensions of contextual validity.

I Symposium on Philosophical Reflection: On Tolerance. , 2008

The following pages will make reference to two great philosophers and defenders of civil rights. ... more The following pages will make reference to two great philosophers and defenders of civil rights. John Stuart Mill: British utilitarian of the nineteenth century and Richard Rorty: American pragmatist of the twentieth century. Faced with the question of human well-being, the free expression of individuality is defended as a means to generate plural reflection towards paths of human development. About the relationship with the other, what is needed is recognition and respect for the difference which at a social level will limit intervention in private affairs through fair means and as necessary. Justice is here the social criterion that is achieved through the identification of solidarity among the subjects, to generate an extended loyalty that is expressed in practices that respect the rights of others. Intolerance will only be desirable if guided by this criterion of justice. Regarding the means to achieve this tolerant coexistence, an appeal is made to an education of moral sentiments that encourages open reflection on intersubjectivity.

Chapter in Collective book by Ana S . Cabello

Democracy and citizen participation from a Latin American perspective, 2014

Venezuelan institutions have been in constant transformation since the popular approval of the cu... more Venezuelan institutions have been in constant transformation since the popular approval of the current Constitution in 1999, according to which the government will not only be democratic, responsible and alternative -as already established by the previous Constitution of 1961- but it is also characterized as participatory, decentralized, pluralist and revocable mandates. Direct participation in common affairs is contemplated, expanding the political rights previously recognized: including mechanisms such as the legislative, constitutional and constituent initiative, the recall, referendum, and citizens' assemblies.
Fourteen years after that approval, it is time to analyze the development of that democratic proposal, both at the legal and institutional level, as well as in its practical scope.
This research analyzes the changes in government instances and in mechanisms of participation, as well as other areas of direct exercise of citizenship, indicating achievements in the case of women (as representatives and as participating citizens).