O tempo das categorias do direito. O paradigma do plurarlismo ético

Ethical pluralism, according to a diffused western definition, is a theory about the nature of the values or goods that human beings pursue, and the pursuit of which make up the substance of their moral lives. Most simply ethical pluralism holds that the values pursued by human beings are plural, incompatible, and incommensurable. That is, there are many genuine human values, which cannot all be reduced to, or described in terms of, a single overriding value or system of values. This is because certain human values, by their very nature, come into conflict with other, equally valid, human values. Individual liberty, for instance, can conflict with equality, public order, or technological efficiency; impartial justice with compassion and mercy; scientific truth with public utility; and so on. In its subjective dimension, ethical pluralism suggests the spirit of free inquiry. Methodologically, pluralism denotes that variety of interrelated paradigms and structural approaches employed in scientific analysis.