Princípios Éticos e Normas Jurídicas: um percurso entre o Passado e o Presente

• Main Author: Geraldo Ribeiro de Sá
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Universitário de Valença 2016-07-01
• Series: Revista Interdisciplinar de Direito
• Subjects: Ethics; modernity; postmodernity; contemporaneity
• Online Access: http://revistas.faa.edu.br/index.php/FDV/article/view/60/40

This article discusses the issue of the contemporaneity of ethical principles, namely, honesty, credibility, diligence and frugality, which compose the book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, written by German social scientist M. Weber, first published in 1904, and debates under some meaningful connections between these principles and certain legal rules. Based on the sources that were researched the author decided to distinguish three directions in the concept of ethics: the first, as the possibility for an individual to act freely and autonomously; the second, as a field of philosophical knowledge; and the third, as a set of coded moral rules. Among the final consideration is a general outcry demanding ethical decisions, especially from political, business and autonomous agents, i.e., in accordance with ethical principles, moral and legal rules.