Nascido em Dissonância

English Version: Recently, my online feeds were almost completely taken over by a single news story: that of a dog beaten to death by a group of young people. The case was repeated in headlines, images, indignant reports, and inflamed comments. What they did to that animal — docile, defenseless, incapable even of understanding the reason for the violence — was of a cruelty that goes beyond what words can describe. There is something profoundly disturbing in realizing that the suffering imposed was not only physical, but deliberate, prolonged, almost ritualistic. Observing the comments that accumulated under these news stories, I noticed a recurring pattern. Phrases like “this needs to end”, “situations like this cannot continue to happen”, “those responsible need to be punished severely” or questions laden with despair: “how long will crimes like this persist?”. These are understandable reactions, even necessary within a society that is still trying to convince itself that justice can ...

  English version: The negative of the being before Julio Cabrera : Sêneca and Schopenhauer Julio Cabrera's negative ethics does not stem from abstract speculation or a merely intellectual exercise, but from an explicit opposition to traditional cover-ups about the human condition. As Cabrera himself states, all ethical reflection must be preceded by a "realistic and stark examination of the human condition, without cover-ups or consolations," because "the one from whom ethics are demanded might not be in the best position to practice it." The ethical demand cannot be formulated as if it fell upon a neutral or ideal subject, but upon a being thrown into a profoundly problematic form of existence. This rejection of cover-ups leads Cabrera to criticize the way traditional moral philosophy formulates its fundamental question. Instead of asking "how should we live?", a question that tacitly presupposes the compatibility between life and morality, negative...