Abstract

BRIGIDO, Edimar. The ethics of the genius: approximation between Otto Weininger and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Conjectura: filos. e Educ. [online]. 2019, vol.24, e019027.  Epub July 31, 2020. ISSN 2178-4612.  https://doi.org/10.18226/21784612.v24.e019027.

In Modern moral philosophy (1958), Elisabeth Anscombe points to a typically Wittgensteinian attitude that corresponds to a criticism and, at the same time, a rejection of traditional ways of thinking ethics. The most radical consequence of this criticism is an original break in the requirement to “become a better human being” by performing an activity on oneself in order to constitute itself as an ethical subject. With this perspective as its foundation, this research defends the existence of an itinerary - indicative, not prescriptive - that leads to the constitution of the ethical subject in Wittgenstein’s philosophy, from which genius is the central figure. In order to render plausible and to support this statement, we propose an approximation between Wittgenstein’s thinking and Otto Weininger’s moral thinking, recorded in the lines of Sexo e caráter.

Keywords : Ethics; Genius; Duty; Ethical subject.

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