Participative reason as a basis of a decent human world

Dialogue and Universalism. 2017. No. 2. P. 45–57.

Щербина Ю. И.

Mikhail Bakhtin’s term “participative reason” (uchastnoe myshlenie) means “reason that acts”—a way of thinking in which a person participates because it is not indifferent to the fate of the Other. The article considers two main trends in the understanding of participative reason. The first is connected with the co-being of I and the Other, the second develops the idea of obligation and non-alibi in being. The article aims to show that the unity of these two interpretations could make “participative reason” a basis for a more decent human world.

Keywords: participative reason, responsibility, non-alibi in being, philosophy of the act, Mikhail Bakhtin.

Ключевые слова: ответственность, responsibility, philosophy of the act, философия поступка, Mikhail Bakhtin, Михаил Бахтин, Human world, Participative reason, non-alibi in being