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THE CONCEPT OF ETHICS: RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MANGGARAI PEOPLE IN THE OKE DARA TA'A RITUAL ACCORDING TO EMMANUEL LEVINAS' PERSPECTIVE Mathias Jebaru Adon; Pandor, Pius; Endi, Yohanes; Charles Virgenius Setiawan
Penamas Vol 38 No 2 (2025): Volume 38, Issue 2, July-December 2025
Publisher : Balai Penelitian dan Pengembangan Agama Jakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31330/penamas.v38i2.964

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The Manggarai community is increasingly concerned about the erosion of their local wisdom, particularly the awareness of relationships with others, nature, and the Creator. This decline is reflected in the rise of gang fights, tribal conflicts, and natural disasters, leading to a loss of togetherness and responsibility. Despite this, the Manggarai possess valuable wisdom on living together peacefully and fairly, expressed through art, literature, social systems, rituals, and religious ceremonies. This study explores the ethics of responsibility within the Manggarai community, focusing on the Oke Dara Ta’a ritual, and draws on Emmanuel Levinas’s philosophical framework. The Oke Dara Ta’a ritual is performed when someone dies unnaturally—through violence, accidents, disasters, or fights—to remove bad luck and protect other family members. The Manggarai believe that Dara Ta’a results from disharmony with others, ancestors, and the Creator. Levinas’s philosophy asserts that ethics arise from encountering the “face” of the other, which inherently demands responsibility. His ideas provide a lens to understand the ethical responsibility embodied in the Oke Dara Ta’a ritual. This qualitative study uses interviews with traditional leaders and ritual practitioners, grounded in phenomenological philosophy. The research highlights the significance of Manggarai local wisdom in fostering social and ethical responsibility
MENGGELEDAH EKSISTENSI KAUM MARHAEN DALAM MENGISIH DAN MEMAKNAI KEBIJAKSANAAN SISTEM POLITIK DI INDONESIA: Tinjauan Berfilsafat Politik - F.X. Armada Riyanto Yosef Usman; Fransiskus Xaverius Eko Armada Riyanto; Pius Pandor
Sanjiwani: Jurnal Filsafat Vol 16 No 2 (2025)
Publisher : Universitas Hindu Negeri I Gusti Bagus Sugriwa Denpasar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25078/sjf.v16i2.3215

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This paper is about the existence of the small, the simple or the marginalized in contemporary politics. "Philosophizing Politics" means searching or exploring the values of political wisdom that is not only the elite, rich, or high educational background but also the small people also have a place to play politics properly. This paper aims to analyze how the existence of small, simple or marginalized people succeeds in the political system in Indonesia. The existence of the marhaen in Indonesia seems to be considered starting to retreat, which has an impact on the arrogance of the marhaen of the elite, rich or high education background, and there is a tendency to negate others as secondary subjects. The attitude of arrogance and the tendency to negate others is a habit or even a culture of authority applied by some or a group of people to cultivate an arrogant and apathetic attitude towards mutually agreed rules which then negate others as secondary subjects such as seeing the most dominant group, derivative, tribe, or culture. The method used in this paper is qualitative research by means of a literature study sourced from the book Political Philosophy coupled with other sources such as books and scientific articles from journals that support this paper.The result found in this paper is that the existence of the marhaen or the small, simple or marginalized people in Indonesia is considered not to have a strong basis of authority from its basis, a culture of arrogance, apathy towards rules, and a tendency to negate others as the second subject is considered weak in politics. This is due to its human resources who are less aware of the true and precise meaning of "political wisdom y", thus making the existence of the marhaen experience a setback. The lack of understanding of the meaning of politics, the existence of the marhaen. in the case of negating the marhaen in contemporary politics in Indonesia is the main reason why "the small, the simple or the marginalized in Indonesia are considered not to have a strong basis of authority from their basis in politics" get attention and a decent and balanced place in politics.