Wladimir Barreto Lisboa

Wladimir Barreto-Lisboa is a post-doctoral fellow at Paris Descartes-Sorbonne University. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Paris I (2005), a Master's degree in Philosophy from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (1996) and a law degree from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (1987).

W. Barreto-Lisboa is currently Associate Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS. He is a former coordinator of the postgraduate program in Philosophy (2017-2019). He is also a permanent research member of the UFRGS postgraduate program (master's and doctorate) in Philosophy. Experience in the fields of Law and Philosophy.

The project

Title: Forum internum and obligations of conscience - the case of Thomas Hobbes

"We can interpret a significant part of Hobbes's political philosophy in the light of a debate to which secondary literature has paid little attention. I'm referring here to a debate that is both theological and political, concerning questions of conscience or dubious cases of conscience. In what follows, we will briefly retrace the history of this debate, and show how it provides a "key" to understanding many points that are difficult to grasp when interpreted outside this "thematic tradition". In the light of this reconstruction, we'll examine how Hobbes' theological and political thought, which are inseparable, are structured in reaction to this tradition. One of the central theoretical points from which we can clarify the debate on cases of conscience concerns the question of the obligation of erroneous conscience. Does one who follows a wrong order of conscience sin? Is conscience binding in all circumstances? In reality, the debates surrounding this question reveal a gradual shift from an objective conception of morality (characterized by the primacy of the objectivity of the law, particularly divine law, coming from outside) towards a subjective conception of morality (characterized by the primacy accorded to the individual, subjective instance of the law)."

Hosting institution: École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)

Selective bibliography

• LISBOA, W. B. La conscience morale et la critique de la casuistique chez Thomas Hobbes. In : Leonel Cesarino Pessoa ; Luís Fernando Barzotto. (Dir.). Droit, Raison Pratique et Justice. 1ère éd. São Paulo : Lumen Juris, 2023, vol. , p. 161-172.
• LISBOA, W. B.; MACDONALD, P. B. C. Le faux trilemme de Carl Schmitt et la compatibilité du positivisme juridique avec l'idéal d'État démocratique de droit. ETHIC@ (UFSC), v. 21, p. 585-613, 2023.
• LISBOA, W. B.; MACDONALD, P. B. C. Souveraineté et conception du public à l'avènement de l'État moderne : une comparaison entre les modèles de Jean Bodin et Thomas Hobbes.. DOIS PONTOS (UFPR) DIGITAL, v. 20, p. 9-24, 2023
• LISBOA, W. B.; MACDONALD, P. B. C. BRÉSIL: L’ÉLECTION DE JAIR BOLSONARO OU LE PACTE DES ÉLITES AVEC L?EXTRÊME DROITE. Cités, v. 2, p. 187-205, 2019.
• LISBOA, W. B. Coopération, promesse et obligation dans la théorie du contrat de Thomas Hobbes. CONJECTURA: FILOSOFIA E EDUCAÇÃO (UCS), v. 23, p. 242-250, 2018.