​This study explores affectivity as an essential component of human existence, through which a person opens up to being in the world and to the Other, based on Heidegger’s phenomenological interpretation. This ontological possibility has allowed Axel Honneth to adopt it as a foundation for an ethics of recognition, aimed at overcoming the manifestations of contempt and objectification prevalent in contemporary societies. This possibility is further supported by theories of child developmental psychology, which have demonstrated that the child’s primary relationship with the Other is rooted in affectivity. It is also reinforced by insights from the philosophy of language, particularly Stanley Cavell’s analysis of linguistic utterances, which reveals how the self discloses its affective states to the Other.