The irrelevance of ethics
The title may seem a bit presumptuous, a harsh statement. And in fact, however, this is the title of an article published in the book Virtue and economy: Essays on morality and markets. The article in question is from an author of paramount importance to the context of ethics, more precisely the ethics of virtues, […]
Happiness, empathy and social selfishness: reflections on moral conduct in Utilitarianism
In utilitarian thought, the definition of morality will necessarily derive from articulation between sensitivity and rationality. The most immediate aggregation is with the Hobbesian model, where pain and pleasure are determining characteristics of cognition. The conception of Bentham establishes that nature placed humanity under the dominion of two sovereign masters: pain and pleasure. It is […]
Udesc Doctor student has an article awarded at a national scientific meeting of Administration
An article presented by researchers from the University from Santa Catarina State (Udesc) was awarded this thursday, 5, at the 17º Meeting from the National Association from Postgraduate and Research in Administration – Anpad (EnAnpad 2018), that ended this saturday, 6, at Positivo University, in Curitiba (PR). EnAnpad is the biggest scientific event in the […]
Virtues in relationships
Practicing Virtues in relationships is not always easy. Sometimes we are in a good humor, everything is going OK and everyone is treating us kindly, agreeing with everything we say. Than, maybe we will forget that practicing virtuous is something that has to be done all the time and we don’t realize that there’s an […]
A note on whaling
The debate on whaling has resurfaced recently. Such a debate, in my opinion, rekindles the question of the ethical status of animals over humans, and raises questions about how they are treated by us. My goal is to express just one point of view on the topic. I want to begin quoting David Hume: from […]
Reading tip: “CORRUPTION: TESTS AND CRITICS”
Following with the reflections about the phenomenona of corruption and its different approaches, at this time, I made a reading suggestion of an instigating book about political science, written by several Brazilian authors and organized by Leonardo Avritzer. According to the authors, one of the objectives of the book is to provide the reader with […]
Participation in the Seminar of Scientific Initiation of ESAG UDESC 2018
By Mauricio Serafim Between the 4th and 6th of September the “III Seminar on Research and Post-Graduation in Administration and Socioeconomic Sciences” (http://eventos.udesc.br/ocs/index.php/poscs/iiisppg) and the “28th Seminar of Scientific Initiation” were hold at UDESC/ESAG. The objective of the Seminar of Scientific Initiation is to provide Scientific Initiation students and other ESAG researchers with the opportunity […]
Disaster ethics and the touching case of Thai boys trapped in a cave
Crisis, tragedies and disasters have very particular characteristics of uncertainty and require different relationships and responsibilities for their response and solution, with extremely difficult decision making. The philosopher Naomi Zack (2009) – one of the main references on disaster ethics – clarifies that there are aspects of these events that go beyond the obvious facts, […]
Courage pill for relationships based on virtue ethics
Human relations are predominantly centered on hedonism especially on contemporary days. People usually join a relation in first-place to satisfy their own pleasures and well-being. This is was exposed by Zygmunt Bauman in his book “Liquid Love,”. The author sustains that contemporary relationships cease to be a construction of an “we” and become a cult […]
