In search of the public ethos: Is the Unified National Competition an alternative for selecting new public servants with a vocation for public service?
Aristotle designated ethos as constructing an image of a speaker’s character. In this sense, ethos appears as the moral character trait that the speaker must present. Another meaning that complements the first is related to a habit or custom, such as virtue and rational reflections based on values and the human experience of acting on […]
Relevance of Game Theory in the Context of Artificial Intelligence
A brief introduction to those unfamiliar with Game Theory should start from the assumption that it is not about games in the ordinary sense. Such theory suggests a mathematical approach to ensuring a response for more significant gain or lesser loss in situations involving two or more players. In essence, game theory studies the decision-making […]
Crime, Sacrifice and Redemption
Quality literature is a great ally in understanding human dilemmas, as it allows us to reflect on various themes from the perspectives of characters with diverse characteristics. The works “Les Misérables” and “Crime and Punishment” share the common theme of the protagonists, Jean Valjean and Raskolnikov, grappling with issues of crime and redemption. It would […]
Effects Of Transparency On Government Trust
Initially, when we consider an overview of the topic, the relationship between transparency and trust in government, through a literature review by Cucciniello, Porumbescu and Grimmelikhuijsen (2017), for example, found a predominance of the positive effect of transparency. Could it be that this positive scenario is the predominant one in international literature? However, other studies […]
“It’s the machine’s fault”: how intelligent is AI when it comes to making decisions?“
AI appears to be a neutral instrument that can be used positively and negatively, in this case implying control and dehumanization. Although discussions about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) have intensified in recent years, back in the 1940s, mathematician Norbert Wiener published a book with numerous questions involving cybernetics. Wiener presented a new order […]
Essay towards an understanding of the essence of human love
This presentation explores ethics’ role in the search for love. Within this context, according to Lima (2017), love is intrinsically linked to the human will. For the author, the human will is influenced by action, and when this is directed towards the search for genuine wisdom, that love can be fully realized. Because, for Silva […]
What is Artificial Intelligence? (Part 2)
In November 2022, I started this series of posts about what artificial intelligence (AI) is. In the first part, I proposed that readers identify the AI around them or that comes into their heads. I argued that the difficulty in understanding this technology may come from the lack of consensus on what it is. If deciphering intelligence […]
Virtue Ethics and Utilitarianism: An Approach by Appearances
One of the fundamental differences between human beings and other animals lies in the possibility of sophisticating thought in order to achieve moral greatness. For Aristotle, habits that direct man towards the good are virtues. On the other hand, practices that degenerate man are called vices. Because of this, an ethical basis becomes necessary for […]
Moral Judgments
One of the most important tasks for ethics is the moral judgment of individual acts. Moral judgment would be simple if there were objective and easily understandable standards that could be used. In their absence, some aspects need to be considered to help a person morally judge both their own actions and those of others. […]
The Complexity of Governance in Artificial Intelligence (AI) based on the Approaches of Morin (2003) and Kuhn (1987)
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