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The topic of human free will has received more attention in the past several years due to the important discoveries of neuroscience but no consensus of opinion is evident in related disciplines. The traditional approach to understanding free will in philosophy employs conceptual analysis to determine whether humans have freedom of choice. Theology affirms that every person has free choice although God is somehow behind all human decisions. Evolutionary psychology points to human behavior as the product of biological processes and antecedent events. And neuroethics attempts to define what it means to be a thinking moral agent by investigating how neurons in the brain and chemical interactions...
Abolição das guerras e garantia da paz: como edificar uma sociedade justa, que promova o respeito aos direitos humanos? As cosmovisões religiosas têm algum papel na promoção da justiça e da paz? Em particular, qual a contribuição da Doutrina Social da Igreja (DSI) para a consecução de uma sociedade sob o signo da solidariedade, do respeito e do amor? Estas não são questões que interessam apenas ao cristão católico, mas a todo ser humano de boa vontade, que se preocupa com os problemas morais da vida em sociedade. A tensão entre as cosmovisões seculares e religiosas marca o atual cenário cultural em nosso mundo cada vez mais globalizado. O espaço público requer um debate ...
Why did the French Revolution lead to the Terror when the American Revolution yielded a liberal democracy? Tocqueville spent his life trying to understand the paradox. This book on the genesis of Democracy in America considers themes of democracy and revolution in light of his early political activities and subsequent studies of the past.
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An argument advocating universal suffrage with plurality of voting based on education; proposing representation in government of minorities; and condemning the secret ballot.