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 […]
Dignity as an object of ethical reflection
“Searchin’ high, searchin’ low Searchin’ everywhere I know Askin’ the cops wherever I go Have you seen dignity”.[i] (Bob Dylan, Dignity, 1989). Dignity is a word known to all, and often quoted in various subjects, that is, it is a common word; this understood notion ends up not encouraging us to understand it, or think […]