Blanca Rodríguez López Abstract Morality, especially in the field of bioethics, confronts us with a multitude of difficult situations. Although it is common to refer to these situations as “moral dilemmas”, most are not dilemmas in a technical sense. In this article we distinguish, first of all, situations that we can describe as problematic … [Read more…]
Francisco Blanco Brotons Abstract “No-man’s-land” is a concept that, according to Campillo (2015), tends to be used to interpret the walled borders increasingly implemented by the governments in our globalizing world. This article is intended to show that the use of this concept applied to this phenomenon is descriptively inadequate, and to denounce that … [Read more…]
Juan Antonio Fernandez Manzano Abstract The paper presents the population ageing phenomenon in the EU-28 (I) and highlights some of the social problems associated to it (II). It analyzes how the Rawlsian theory of justice can approach the impact of societal ageing (III) by focusing on two concepts: the idea of self-respect as an … [Read more…]
Jose Luis Ventura-Medina Abstract In this paper we propose an interpretation of populism as seen from the viewpoint of cognitive biases. Our argument is grounded on the idea that political disaffection and cognitive biases supported by a rhetoric that seeks to manipulate and lead citizens towards group polarization leads to populism. We initially present … [Read more…]
Mihail Radu Solcan Abstract This paper argues that the Ottoman term devlet is a much better conceptual choice for explaining and understanding the so-called communist state. Solcan proposes an original analysis of the (Romanian) communist regime (and state), at odds with the standard totalitarian explanatory model or interpretation. His analysis overcomes the left – … [Read more…]
Valentin Stoian Abstract The article aims to present the normative premises of a Marxist theory of justice and to argue that such an endeavor has, at its central pillar, the value of self-ownership. The article first undertakes a summary of the main strands in the literature on exploitation. It divides the literature into force-based … [Read more…]
Oana Șerban Abstract The aim of this paper is to examine and define the transpolitical individualism as expression of the postcommunist transition to democracy, based on the analysis that Gilles Lipovetsky devoted to the French revolution of May’68. This historical moment has been regarded not only as a powerful instrument to achieve the so-called … [Read more…]
Monique Castillio Abstract The Cold War has achieved a world order based on a balance of terror, a terrifying but ideologically and militarily transparent order: two enemy camps facing each other. The end of this dualistic geopolitics has brought to light a new, more frightening world, a world crossed by versatile, mobile and unpredictable … [Read more…]
Lavinia Marin Abstract This article proposes a phenomenological interpretation of nostalgia for communism, a collective feeling expressed typically in most Eastern European countries after the official fall of the communist regimes. While nostalgia for communism may seem like a paradoxical feeling, a sort of Stockholm syndrome at a collective level, this article proposes a … [Read more…]
Jean-Claude Bourdin Abstract To the question “What happened with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the fall of Communism?” this article does not provide the reader with original answers. After analyzing how they can be considered as historical events and why the explanations given have not taken seriously that these decisions were taken … [Read more…]