identity

Why Do We Trust Strangers? Social Trust, Moral Reasoning and Identity

Maria Banu   Abstract  Behavioral economists have extensively argued against consequentialist theories of social trust. The most recent studies show that trust decisions are mainly expressive. Trust-taking behavior is non-consequential and linked to betrayal aversion, norms, and self-identity. Trustfulness is thus granted an affective and normative dimension. Yet these studies lack an integrative theoretical framework. … [Read more…]

Metaphysics and quantum physics: synallagmatic connections and asymptotic relationships

Andreea Gae Abstract Could the paradigm of the quantum physics instrument a metaphysical reconstruction of the natural world? What connections exist between actuality, potentiality and the contradictory complementarity? What are the uncertainty relations and how do they meet the Hegelian Concept or the Aristotelian energeia? How does the metaphysics retrieve the negativity of becoming and … [Read more…]

Culture, Identity and Politics – Notorious Constants of the Public Contemporary Discourse

Dumitru Dodul   Abstract After tracing the aspects of globalization, a complex, dynamic and contradictory process, we would like to underline that its essential elements relate to a synchronic implication of unity and diversity. We will analyze the importance of communication in facilitating collaboration, understanding, and social harmony. The central claim is that regardless of … [Read more…]

Identity, Spirituality and Dialogue in the Context of an Axiological Discourse

Bogdana Todorova   Abstract Identity in our multicultural world is one of the major problems of contemporary man. There are not cultures totally isolated from the others. Social groups and individuals are directly (through contacts with others) and indirectly (through the media, market products, ideologies and law systems) confronted with many problems. And the modern … [Read more…]