Una fenomenologia impura?

Husserl e la questione dell’etica

Abstract

Ethics represents a kind of hidden force for Husserl’s reflection: he reflects on it throughout his life, dedicates numerous courses to it, but never arrives at a definitive publication. How should this silence be interpreted? Some authors speak of Husserlian ethics as a secondary reflection by the Master of phenomenology. The aim of this article is to set out the course of Husserl’s thought on ethical questions, and to seek out the methodological issues they pose to the phenomenological method. It will be shown how ethics outplays phenomenology: is this victory the beginning of a divergence or the possibility of a re-foundation?