JUSTICE, PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN FORMATION IN PAUL RICOEUR'S THOUGHT

Abstract

This article aims to reflect on the fragility of human action by returning to the Ricoeurian perspective of justice in an attempt to enlarge the conception of human formation. Its objective is to explore Ricoeur's thought on the understanding of justice and the just, considering that these concepts provide a basis for the constitution of an capable subject. The problem that orientates this research is to understand to what extent the Ricoeurian category of practical wisdom contributes to thinking about a larger conception of human formation. Supported by a qualitative research, theoretical-bibliographical in terms of procedures and of a hermeneutic character, we based it on the hypothesis that the sense of justice, permeated by the idea of practical knowledge, enhances the understanding of a subject capable of well-acting and of giving meaning and significance to their experiences. To enable this, we begin by recovering the teleological tradition, followed by the deontological tradition and, finally, we concentrate on the Ricoeurian idea of practical knowledge, attempting to problematize the concept of imagination, which expands and qualifies the idea of human formation. It is concluded that the Ricoeurian perspective of justice, anchored in the idea of practical knowledge, awakens and enhances imagination and creativity, and pushes the subject to become capable of understanding oneself, the other and the world.