•  66
    El derecho ante el fetichismo de la tecno-regulación y el riesgo de naturalización de las normas
    In José Ignacio Solar Cayón & Mª Olga Sánchez Martínez (eds.), Contextos jurídicos de la inteligencia artificial, Comares. pp. 103-146. 2026.
    En un contexto marcado por la inteligencia artificial, la “tecno-regulación” se presenta como alternativa al estado de derecho. La tecno-regulación se refiere a la regulación de la conducta a través de tecnologías que harían fácticamente imposibles ciertas conductas. Mi tesis central es que la tecno-regulación podría llegar a ocultar el origen humano y político de las normas. A partir de la teoría marxista del fetichismo, argumento que la tecno-regulación vela las decisiones humanas de las que s…Read more
  •  335
    El discurso de los derechos humanos ha entrado de lleno en la discusión acerca del ciberespacio. Hay quien defiende que una adecuada protección de las personas en el ciberespacio requiere el reconocimiento de nuevos derechos digitales. Según estos, los derechos preexistentes no tendrían en cuenta nuevas necesidades y amenazas derivadas de características excepcionales del ciberespacio. Sin embargo, la necesidad de estos derechos digitales es discutible. Este trabajo defiende que los problemas se…Read more
  •  2404
    Los nuevos derechos humanos. Teoría jurídica y praxis política (edited book)
    with Carolina Pereira-Sáez
    Comares. 2024.
    El discurso sobre los nuevos derechos humanos se ha asentado como un elemento característico de la práctica política y jurídica contemporánea. Son muy diversos los colectivos que presentan sus reivindicaciones políticas con el lenguaje de los derechos humanos con la finalidad de incrementar el apoyo a dichas reivindicaciones y de dotar a dichas reivindicaciones de la protección privilegiada de los derechos humanos. Pese a ello, las constantes referencias a nuevos derechos no han venido acompañad…Read more
  •  950
    Hace ya más de 40 años desde que se comenzase a explorar las posibilidades de emplear inteligencia artificial en el campo del derecho. Existen numerosos usos y propuestas en el marco de la IA y el derecho, desde la automatización de la búsqueda de la información jurídica hasta la personalización del derecho. Estas propuestas plantean diversas cuestiones relacionadas con la filosofía del derecho. La proliferación de propuestas, en ocasiones, dificulta identificar la relación existente entre cada …Read more
  •  1271
    Three Kinds of Self-Respect in Rawls
    Ethics, Politics and Society 2 (5): 109-126. 2022.
    Rawls’s remarks on self-respect have been described as cryptic or ambiguous. The discussion on the meaning of respect and, specifically, Rawlsian self-respect has been considerably influenced by Darwall’s distinction between recognition respect and appraisal respect. Since Rawls identifies self-respect as an essential element of his theory of justice, clarifying the meaning of this concept is essential. This paper defends that Darwall’s dichotomic understanding of respect does not clarify Rawlsi…Read more
  •  475
    Implementing machine learning in law would transform current legal orders, based on the rule of law. The result would be “legal singularity”: an order based on “precisely tailored laws, specifying the exact behaviour that is permitted in every situation”. According to its proponents, this would promote justice and legal certainty. Through a comparison with the Platonic proposal of the philosopher-king, this article defends that, even if the aforementioned values were to be promoted, the inherent…Read more
  •  1480
    Una interpretación equilibrada de la posición original de Rawls
    Anales de la Cátedra Francisco Suárez 55 183-208. 2021.
    The aim of the present paper is to offer an interpretation of the Rawlsian original position coherent with its own theory of justice. An evaluation of the aforementioned mechanism is presented. Afterwards, in light of it, a solution of the existing overlapping between its elements is offered. The solution is to consider the formal constraints as «partial conclusions», excluding them from the original position. The original position, as an «intermediate stage» aimed at representing the philosophi…Read more
  •  642
    Rawls acknowledges the analogy between his conception of the moral personality and the thought of Kant. However, many philosophers have discussed that similarity. This article aims to evaluate the Kantian foundation of Rawlsian liberty. Specifically, it assesses the idea of personal autonomy. The conclusion is that certain interpretation of Kant, which incorporates both his thinkings on the moral law and on happiness as an intrinsic purpose of the human being, allows the acknowledgement of the a…Read more
  •  1007
    Plato’s idea of the second-best state is the first appearance of the rule of law. It is considered as a realistic alternative to the government of the Philosopher King, differ-ing formally from it on the employment of general rules. The aim of this paper is to elaborate an articulation of both proposals and to better understand that of the rule of law within Plato’s thought. The main differences between it and the modern theories of the rule of law will be assessed. Plato conceives the rule of l…Read more
  •  44
    This work evaluates the idea that the rule of law promotes, in one way or another, the freedom of legal subjects. Drawing on the thought of John Rawls and supported by the work of Lon L. Fuller, it aims to precisely determine how legal subjectivity is shaped within a legal system that meets the requirements of the rule of law. To this end, it begins with a review of the canonical description of the rule of law, understood in its formal conception. Subsequently, an interpretation of Rawls's conce…Read more
  •  521
    The aim of this paper is to evaluate the reflective equilibrium between the acknowledgment of the right to end one’s life and the Rawlsian idea of freedom. This article evaluates the possibility of a self-destructive exercise of freedom. It is asserted that this kind of exercise is inconsistent with the highest order interest in freedom. Allowing the self-destructive practice of freedom jeopardizes the Rawlsian foundation of the priority of liberty, a crucial aspect of the justice as fairness. |…Read more