Abstract

This article seeks to revive the debate between the moral philosophies of Charles Taylor and Michel Foucault. This dialogue, barely sketched by both intellectuals and little explored in subsequent literature, is justified both by some relevant similarities between their proposals and by the crucial differences that characterize their respective systems. By recovering their ontological presuppositions, the article analyzes the possibilities each thinker offers for moral evaluation and comparison, arguing that this is one of the most compelling reasons for defending the Taylorian framework.