Ordem normativa institucional a partir do pensamento de Axel Honneth

Abstract

This article aims to delineate a research methodology of the science of law based on Honneth´s theory of recognition. According to this target, it is envisaged the need to find a theoretical foundation for the research methodology of the field that articulates the necessary relationship between justice, towards an abstract concept of morality, and ethics simultaneously. So as to fulfill this idea, Neil MacCormick´s concept of institutional normative order is reassessed under the auspices of the theoretical framework adopted. In virtue of this, it is concluded that the foundation of validity of law lies in the process of moral-ethical significance of institutions based on the exchange of reciprocal recognition between the formal stages of human socialization identified by Honneth.