Tag: ética

Scientific conferences focus on challenges such as Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence in Management and Society

The year 2025 is full of opportunities for researchers and professionals interested in ethics in management and related topics.Several national and international events are scheduled, providing a rich environment for academic exchange, paper presentations, and networking. Starting with those still open for submission, here are some of the main conferences and their respective themes: XLIX […]

The Complex Relationship Between Ethics and Economics – II

The Problem of Interest Rates In a previous article on the blog, the relationship between ethics and economics was briefly discussed through the lens of economic development, demonstrating that the human factor is essential for understanding different economic theories on development and, therefore, involves ethical considerations. In this article, an extremely thorny issue in the […]

Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics and Kant’s Moral Duty in Dialogue

Text written in collaboration with Renata Biana da Silva Ethics is one of the oldest fields of philosophy, involving questions about what is morally right or wrong, how we should live, and what constitutes a good life. Throughout history, different ethical systems have emerged to try to answer these questions, with Aristotle and Immanuel Kant […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Chapter 3 – Virtues

What is an Intellectual Virtue? Roberts and Wood (2007), in the book Intellectual virtues: an essay in regulative epistemology[1], seek to outline this question thoughtfully and insightfully throughout its pages. Starting from the idea that Virtues make a person excellent as a human being, this text aims to summarize the main ideas contained in chapter […]

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