Morality and ethics as synonyms, views on Kant and Rawls, and other topics

A “moralist” can send a chill down the spine. The term is discredited for some of us. However, one who is a moralist by trade, a moral philosopher, is not necessarily a fanatical hypocrite. Look: for one line of research, “moral” and “ethical” are synonyms. That is something.

In his second book, Dr. Gustavo França deals with the constitution of morality, debating how much of that constitution is the result of ruptures or continuities. In this episode of Sgarbe Notícias do Dia (Sgarbe Daily News), the conversation is good.

For França, “all societies have had morality. Indeed, one thing people never needed was philosophers to teach them morality. Even I never needed that. My morality does not come from Aristotle, nor from Kant, it comes from my mother, my grandmother.”