Limites das ontologias da competição: economia e geopolítica à luz da continuidade evolutiva

Hugo  Vedovato

doi:10.65530/7tgh2694

Authors

Hugo Vedovato Universidade Federal de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.65530/7tgh2694

Keywords:

interspecific continuity, ontologies of competition, macroeconomics, geopolitics

Abstract

The article examines the persistent ontological separation between humans and other animals, showing it to be epistemologically unsustainable and politically harmful. Drawing on behavioral, cognitive, and cultural evidence, it argues that the traditional boundaries—language, morality, production, rationality—are quantitative rather than qualitative. This refusal to acknowledge continuities underpins both animal exploitation and the groundwork for economic and geopolitical models based on competition and distrust. Realist views of international politics are contrasted with the cooperative perspective advocated by Sachs, articulated alongside biological theories that highlight the centrality of cooperation. The article ultimately proposes a renewed philosophical sense of humanity, grounded not in domination but in the recognition of interspecific continuity and its ethical and economic implications.

Author Biography

Hugo Vedovato, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

Graduado em Filosofia pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas, mestre em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo, doutorando em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Membro dos grupos de pesquisa Modernidade e História Cultural (UNIFESP), Crítica e Modernidade – CRIM (UNICAMP) Internationale Nietzscheforschungsgruppe Stuttgart (Universität Stuttgart), Rede Iberoamericana de Estudos Nietzsche (RIEN), Friedrich Nietzsche Society (FNS), e do conselho editorial da Revista Guaru (UNIFESP).

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