Reflections on inclusion

helplessness and ethical commitment

Abstract

Without denying the importance of considering the issue of inclusion and provision of actions capable of meeting the special needs of individuals and groups, this article aims to reflect on the topic from the perspective of the concept of structural helplessness and the effort of the human infant to get into culture. This consideration points to the danger of paternalistic and protective measures, that differently from an ethical commitment, reinforce dependency, submissiveness and infantilization. Thus the most important point of this article is to discuss the idea that any action of inclusion should aim at the development of a face. The outcome of clashes between structural helplessness and Ananke guide us in one ethical commitment to create through labour and sorrow our own way in human history.