Chapter two: Órdenes,Costumbres y Caprichos

According to Savater there are different justifications that conditionates the way we act: “ordenes”: this comes to play when we obey somebody who has somekind of power over ourselves.
In those situations when we do things over and over again even without thinking and also because everybody does it,so we are talking about “costumbres”.This two reasons above are considered by Savater that comes outside as if they were imposed to us. Finally Savater talks about “caprichos”, that is when we act in a particular way because we want to do so and there is no other reason.
After reading this chapter I can see that for every act we perform Savater wants to give a possible reason, cause, etc. He wants to justify the way we act everyday of our lifes and he finds this way as the easier to explain to his son the reasons that may conditionate his behaviour.

Comments about the prologue

Fernando Savater wants to talk to Amador, his son, about what ethics is, but he wants to do it in a way which allows Amador to understand him and trough this to put in practice in his life.Savater also wants that his son has confidence on himself and on love and on his intelligence which will allow him to livea better life.This philosopher tries to explain some concepts that life concerns trought this particular way because Savater wants his son to read this when he feel that this is a neccesity and not an obligation.