The article analyzes the theory of recognition proposed by Lucio Cortella in the volume L'ethos del riconoscimento, which is examined above all in his relations with the theories of Hegel, Apel and Habermas. Regarding Cortella’s theory, the article raises two issues in particular: firstly, Petrucciani proposes a greater appreciation of Apel’s perspective, which is criticized by Cortella. Secondly, Petrucciani proposes to think differently the relationship between Sittlichkeit and morality, avoiding to confer a strong primacy to the first term
