Affectivity and Conviviality: Reflections based on Contemporary Ethics Thought

Abstract

Affectivity and conviviality are essential elements for the evolution of human beings, both in their intrinsic and social aspects; they contribute to the configuration of stable relationships, leading to happiness, understood in Aristotelian terms of completeness, of political association, which is outlined towards the search for the collective good. These factors are manifested in different stages of life, ranging from birth to death, dimensioning the ethical character of society, influencing meaningful relationships, which help define the personality and links with otherness. On the psychological level, it helps to promote mental health and to regulate emotions in a critical way. Within contemporary ethical thought, the value of these categories is emphasized for the historical-cultural conformation of humanity, to promote self-care, respect for otherness, exerting influence within the spaces of private and public action, strengthening intersubjective relationships. By virtue of the above, this paper, developed under a hermeneutic-documentary method, analyzes the existing interrelation between affectivity and conviviality, taking contemporary ethical thought as an approach route, pointing towards the tangible care of oneself and the other, evidenced in the improvement of relationships and interactions between individuals.