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El papel de las emociones y la literatura en la deliberación pública: la figura del <em>equlibrio perceptivo</em> de Martha C. Nussbaum

Lidia De Tienda Palop

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Cultural StudiesSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Arts and Humanitiesmedia_common.quotation_subjectNarrativeSociologyDeliberationHumanitiesOrder (virtue)media_common

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This article argues that literature can play a key role in the processes of ethical deliberation; therefore it can be regarded as an extremely useful tool to justify public decision-making. In order to support this thesis I examine Nussbaum’s proposal of perceptive equilibrium as a method to conduct the public deliberation processes which integrates the emotions in its structure. Finally, I analyse one of the possible applications of the proposed method: introducing narrative texts, both historical and fictional, in the curricula as a method for ethical deliberation.

https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2015.773n3011