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La agencia cognitiva como subproducto de la deliberación pública
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Éthique et économique = Ethics and economics ; vol. 8, no. 1.Publisher(s)
Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de MontréalAuthor(s)
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Between 2005 and 2007 the Ministry of Social Development of Uruguay implemented the
National Plan for Social Emergency (PANES). One of the most outstanding results in the
evaluations was the de-naturalization of some socio-cultural phenomena that were strongly
rooted within society: domestic violence, social immobility, adult illiteracy. The
consideration of these social phenomena as acceptable demonstrates the existence of
mechanisms that generate irrational or adaptive preferences. What were the processes that aided in the de-naturalization of these preferences? The evaluation of PANES concludes that one way was the local participation in groups that promote a public deliberation. These results are consistent with the philosophical literature on the importance of deliberation and participation for developing capabilities and autonomy. The hypothesis is as follows: the participation in groups that involve public deliberation can lead to reversing the adaptive preferences that restrict personal autonomy through the creation of an intersubjective and cognitive agency. This agency has three features: a) it involves the expansion of an "inner space" into the person, b) it establishes a reflective distance that allows for the revision of preferences to reconstruct levels of self-esteem, self-respect and self-confidence; c) it is generated as a byproduct of activities set for other purposes.
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