Prudence: The Essential Virtue for Ethical Leadership in Management

José was exhausted. As the new leader of a rapidly growing technology startup, the pressure was immense. Every day brought a new crisis that demanded an immediate solution. There never seemed to be enough hours in the day to truly stop and think things through carefully. José knew that hasty decisions often led to undesirable […]

The Complex Relationship Between Ethics and Economics

In the 1980s, American author Kenneth Lux published a book with a title as intriguing as it is misleading: “Adam Smith’s Mistake: How A Moral Philosopher Invented Economics and Ended Morality.” Lux’s mistake was twofold; Adam Smith neither invented Economics as an autonomous science from Philosophy, nor did he end morality: what he suggested was […]

The Epistemological Foundations of Culture in Organizations

The discussion of organizational culture has its roots in anthropology, where the concept of culture extends beyond visible behaviors to encompass shared beliefs, values, and meanings. The term “culture,” borrowed from anthropology for use in the organizational field, acquires new layers of complexity, being understood in different ways depending on the adopted approach. When applying […]

The Influence Of Public Transparency On Perceived Trustworthiness: A Possible Study In The Brazilian Scenario

At the end of a systematic review for the preparation of the thesis project within the ADMETHICS research group on this topic, when describing research that used the dimensions of trustworthiness as determinants of trust, it was possible to observe that the studies present a configuration that is in line with the findings of Cucciniello, […]

Challenges of Human Autonomy: Reflections on God, Science and Technology in Contemporary Society.

This article is the result of a reflection on the dualistic relationship that has been established regarding the role of God in science and technology. Western philosophy, mainly since the Middle Ages, has been guided by the concept of human autonomy. It has done its utmost to validate and consolidate this autonomy (Schuurman, 2016). We […]

The accessibility of neural networks to the public: possible uses and advances 

It is nothing new that neural network and machine learning tools have been in the hands of the qualified public for some time, as “challenges” have been carried out for years, where their own AI is compared to the performance of online players ( here ), but with computational capacity more than doubling in shorter […]

Democracy, Religion, and Politics: The Dilemmas of the 21st Century

This study explores the relationship between politics, religion, and democracy, pointing to potential challenges for democracy and considering the importance of popular participation for its legitimacy. Considering the consequences that arise from the participation of religious groups in society as public entities, we ask: what is the best way to evaluate public discussions about controversial […]

What is Artificial Intelligence? (Part 3)

I started this series of posts here, discussing the creation of the term “artificial intelligence” at the Dartmouth conference, focusing on the words and the scientific context. Subsequently, I moved from the historical context to the broader history here, showing that artificial intelligence has been in people’s imaginations for much longer, not just in the […]

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