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  • L’art de bien gouverner la République : enjeux géopolitiques et stratégies des acteurs en Afrique

    Diangitukwa, Fweley (Globethics Publications, 2024-03-12)
    Ce livre rassemble les enjeux géopolitiques et géoéconomiques du réalisme politique dans le contexte africain. Pour réussir dans la vie politique, il faut un mélange de détermination, d’éthique, d’équité, de prégnance et surtout de persévérance. Il ne suffit pas d’avoir une idée claire de ce que l’on veut, encore faut-il trouver les moyens de réaliser son objectif. Pour être efficient, le réalisme lucide recommande des moyens éprouvés de survie collective. Un pays devrait se doter de dirigeants compétents et non poursuivre des utopies sans principe du bien socialement établi. Transposant les préceptes de l’éducation du dirigeant réaliste classique au contexte africain, voici toute l’entreprise de l’auteur qui peint un tableau splendide du bon leader, de sa capacité d’anticipation, de décision et de son caractère intègre. Un vrai manuel pour comprendre la notion d’équilibre des pouvoirs à l’usage du leadership politique.
  • Diversité des droits dans la quete de la sécurité humaine

    Mukonde, Pascal Musulay (Globethics Publications, 2024-02-15)
    La sécurité humaine est tributaire de tous les secteurs de la vie humaine. Elle se trouve confrontée à l’immensité de l’insécurité multiforme : l’absence d’une politique adéquate de planning familial, dans une approche plutôt qualitative que quantitative, l’insécurité alimentaire que nutritionnelle, l’insécurité sociale des travailleurs comme l’insécurité militaire créée par multiples menaces à la paix et par des violences inhumaines de toutes sortes. Cet ouvrage contribue offre l’information adéquate et pratique sur différentes catégories de droits partagés dans le cadre d’une mondialisation aussi bien unitaire que plurielle. L’ouvrage s’adresse surtout aux Pouvoirs Publics pour l’adoption d’une politique cohérente et souple, emprunte des évidences de fait et de droit,en vigueur ou à légiférer. L’auteur présente ici un laboratoire spécifique et holistique d’idées en matière de la sécurité humaine.
  • The Common Good in Catholic Social Teaching and The Legalization of Physician Assisted Suicide

    Tablan, Ferdinand (London Academic Publishing, 2024-01-01)
    The legalization of physician assisted suicide(PAS) in several states in the U.S. and the growing social approval of euthanasia have created confusion, pastoral challenges, and conflicts between Catholic and non-Catholic healthcare institutions. For many of its supporters, the legal and moral legitimacy of PAS is grounded on the right to autonomy. I concur with Callahan that the right to autonomy, while may be pertinent when it comes to moral debate on suicide, does not justify PAS. Unlike suicide, PAS is not a private matter. It involves the medical institution represented by the physician who is given authority to legitimize the termination of human life, and the society that will give it an imprimatur. If autonomy per se is the basis of this so-called dignity of PAS from the viewpoint of its proponents, they will not hesitate to declare suicide as more dignified than any other way of dying. But current laws in the U.S. on PAS are silent with regard to legal rights to suicide or assisted suicide in general. According to the U.S. Supreme Court, the legislature is the venue for the legalization of PAS, not the court, for PAS is about social approval of assisted suicide. Therefore, the debate concerning the legalization of PAS should shift from individual rights to common good, from autonomy to collective harms and benefits, and from justifying individual cases of PAS to legitimizing it as a social policy
  • God and the Grounding of Morality

    Amini, Majid (London Academic Publishing, 2019-05-31)
    There is a classic mantra amongst many theists that divinity is the origin and fountain of ethical norms and only God can weave the warp and weft of the web of moral values. There has also recently been a concerted effort to rehabilitate religion in the field of philosophy in general and the subdiscipline of ethics specifically by harking back to this type of ethical grounding. Although the trend under the rubric of theistic ethics has as much claim to recognition as any other branches of applied ethics, its proponents and practitioners appear to harbor the higher ambition of underwriting ethics in toto and thereby furnish the fundamental foundations for moral judgments. The contention seems to be that without theism ethics will be rudderless and devoid of its proper footing and focus. It is, therefore, the purpose of this paper to see how far this ambition can be sustained in view of a significant number of issues that theism faces in its liaison with ethics specifically and philosophy in general. The hope is that such a survey will allow a more measured approach to the interaction between religion and ethics that would ultimately benefit both parties in this transaction.
  • Essai sur la relation entre l’éthique et le droit des affaires. Partie 2, La protection de l’éthique par le droit des affaires

    Ben Ameur, Yosra (Globethics Publications, 2024-03-04)
    Ce livre (en 2 parties), résultat d’un processus de thèse doctorale en droit, a comme but de démentir l’impression de désagrément entre les notions d’éthique au sens normatif de système descriptif de valeurs et de commandement normatif de ce qui devrait être considéré comme bon ou juste et l’éthique des affaires et le droit des affaires, où ces notions sont appliquées. Avec cet objectif, Dr Ben Ameur nous propose une présentation analytique méticuleuse de divers concepts dans un fin équilibre, entre deux champs sémantiques en intersection logique. Ce travail a été réalisé en codirection avec la Faculté de Droit et des Sciences politiques de Sousse (F.D.S.P.S.) en Tunisie et l’Université Sorbonne Paris-Nord en France.
  • Inclusive AI for a better future : policy dialogue report

    Globethics (Globethics PublicationsThe Club of Rome, 2024-02-05)
    This Policy Dialogue Report is aimed at fostering multistakeholder, multidisciplinary, inclusive, and cross-regional dialogue on recent advancements in AI ethics policies and practices. It addresses the gap of independent space to bring together around this topic a) all sectors encompassing public, private and civil society organizations, b) diverse world regions and cultures, and c) multiple disciplines of not only technology and economics but also social sciences and humanities, in addition to warranting meaningful intergenerational participation and gender-sensitive leadership.
  • Essai sur la relation entre l’éthique et le droit des affaires. Partie 1, La réception de l’éthique par le droit des affaires

    Ben Ameur, Yosra (Globethics Publications, 2024-01-16)
    Ce livre (en 2 parties), résultat d’un processus de thèse doctorale en droit, a comme but de démentir l’impression de désagrément entre les notions d’éthique au sens normatif de système descriptif de valeurs et de commandement normatif de ce qui devrait être considéré comme bon ou juste et l’éthique des affaires et le droit des affaires, où ces notions sont appliquées. Avec cet objectif, Dr Ben Ameur nous propose une présentation analytique méticuleuse de divers concepts dans un fin équilibre, entre deux champs sémantiques en intersection logique. Ce travail a été réalisé en codirection avec la Faculté de Droit et des Sciences politiques de Sousse (F.D.S.P.S.) en Tunisie et l’Université Sorbonne Paris-Nord en France.
  • Time for Education

    Globethics (Globethics Publications, 2023)
    Issue 3(2023) of the Journal of Ethics in Higher Education is a collection of twelve articles in three parts: first, thematic papers related to the title of the Issue “Time for Education”; second, a non-thematic section, and third, book reviews. In the first part, the Issue explores various aspects of time in education, philosophy, and ethical implications. It delves into philosophical inquiries about time, discussing McTaggart's paradox and its roots. Byung-Chul Han's views on temporal experiences in modernity are highlighted, examining the impact on thinking and learning. Wilhelm von Humboldt's influence on education and the relevance of ethics in educational transformation are also explored, as time is translated into a transformative and human capacity. In this first part, the role of a philosophy of time is emphasised in understanding paradoxes and guiding educational transformations. The key role of our perception of the future and the role of a humanistic education focusing on the most vulnerable persons are explored. Additionally, the papers discuss the transformative power of education as poetic engagement with short aphoristic reflections pointing out the possibility of an ethical evolution in time. In the second, non-thematic part, two articles analyse the use of AI in higher education and the challenges of AI on academic integrity. A third contribution puts the focus on the context of gender in education, and highlights challenges in the DR Congo regarding the vulnerability of women due to cultural norms. One article is a case study of ethical education in Yezreel Valley College (Israel). In the final section, the first book review looks at the African context: religious communities and sustainable environmental engagements in the Southern African context. The second review is global in scope, highlighting the findings of the 30 Years Report on practical ethics by The Business Ethics Center of Corvinus University, Budapest (Hungary).
  • Éducation et genre en RD Congo

    Njojo, Kahwa (Globethics Publications, 2023-12-22)
    L’auteur de Représentations et normes liées à la masculinité : Construction d’un concept hier et aujourd’hui. Pour une masculinité positive dans une perspective biblique, Genève : Globethics, 2023, 327p. ISBN : 978-2-88931-511-6 présente ici le problème à la fois plus large et plus étroit des défis de l’éducation dans le contexte du genre. Ce défi éducatif est plus étroit car par éducation on entend un bagage d’expériences de formation, une sorte d’émulation scolaire précise, celle enseignée par le maître d’école, et on ne fait pas référence, par exemple, aux traditions et aux mœurs transmises au sein de la famille, ni à l’édification et à l’élévation de l’âme associées à l’expérience religieuse. L’éducation et le contexte du genre peuvent aussi ouvrir un horizon plus large que la question du genre masculin, traité dans l’essai de l’auteur ; cet horizon ne reste pas moins un défi. Tandis que les « lois sont soit inconnues soit quotidiennement violées en faveur du respect des normes établies par la culture. » On assiste en RD Congo à l’augmentation de la vulnérabilité des femmes, processus initié en grande partie dans le milieu scolaire.
  • McTaggart’s Paradox and Philosophy of Time

    Tauler, Sergi (Globethics Publications, 2023-12-22)
    Asking “What is time?” can be both a simple and a profound question. In this article we intend to introduce the reader to the philosophy of time. To do so, we will deal with McTaggart's paradox. By explaining it and introducing the basic concepts to understand it, we will be able to get an idea of what this branch of philosophy is all about. The main intention of this article is not to explain anything new but to clarify the background of a debate by explaining its roots. By taking a deep dive into the concept of time, we will see that it is not a simple concept at all. In any subsequent possible definition with regards to concepts such time for education or time for ethics, a logical clarification of what time is important and will color all further predication of the concept of time. Considering the impact of digital transformation in our lives in general, and in education in particular, a philosophy of time brings major elements such as paradoxes, which are not of practical character but important for the semantic of the words, such as “duration”, “temporal position” of events, etc.
  • Les temps futurs de l’éducation

    Gandolfi, Stefania (Globethics Publications, 2023-12-22)
    Cet article se focalise sur un aspect précis du concept de temps dans l’éducation, sur les priorités que les temps futurs de l’éducation doivent choisir comme les directions les plus pertinentes pour nos sociétés. Les temps structurent et accompagnent la vie de chacun, marquent le passage entre les générations et deviennent un indicateur du développement des sociétés. Le rôle de la réflexion sur l’éducation est de s’atteler aux problématiques qui se dessinent à chaque période, et lui sont liées en termes d’époque spécifique. Ceci implique d’ouvrir les frontières de la recherche vers des objets toujours vus comme nouveaux, au moins en partie, et d’envisager des opportunités et des défis importants et urgents, en ce que par leur condition de nouveauté, ces éléments inattendus sont susceptibles de former un projet tourné vers l’avenir.  Au cours de cette réflection, nous proposons d’imaginer des futurs dans lesquels la résilience aux changements profonds et aux mutations complexes est présente. Celle-ci implique d’engager une réflexion sur l’avenir des connaissances et des valeurs qui sont plus importantes et urgents pour les savoirs et pour les sociétés.
  • Book Review: E. Öhlmann and J. Stork (Eds.), Religious Communities and Ecological Sustainability in Southern Africa and Beyond

    Motswapong, Elizabeth P. (Globethics Publications, 2023-12-22)
    This is a book review of Philipp Öhlmann & Juliane Stork (Eds.), Religious Communities and Ecological Sustainability in Southern Africa and Beyond, Globethics Sustainability Series No. 1, Geneva: Globethics Publications, 2024, ISBN 978-2-88931-548-2. Following the great importance of the Southern African region for the debates on Sustainability and Climate change, the proposed book tackles many of the issues around the topic. Extracted from the 2020 expert consultations Religious Communities and Ecological Sustainability in Southern Africa (RCSD Berlin) and Water, Environment and Climate Action (WECARE), from one side, and the conference Churches in Southern Africa as Civil Society Actors for Ecological Sustainability (University of Pretoria), the volume presents a plethora of articles and contributions offering an extensive dive on issues such as the role of local churches and congregations in sustainable development, resources for scholars to analyze the best practice cases, inquiries on the future of the region, and more.
  • Ethics as a Way of Life: A Case Study at Yezreel Valley College

    Rispler, Clara; Yakov, Gila (Globethics Publications, 2023-12-22)
    The dynamic landscape of ethics in higher education is pivotal as organizations and individuals navigate diverse stakeholder needs. Ethical responsibility becomes an integral facet of all professionals, highlighting the crucial role of ethical education in preparing students for post-graduation success. The acquisition of ethical competence, rooted in knowledge of ethical principles, equips students with the tools to make ethical decisions, shaping their ethical behavior and responses. Yezreel Valley College exemplifies this commitment, with a well-defined Code of Academic Ethics reflecting universal values and principles, overseen by the College Ethics Committee. In summary, this case study offers insights into Yezreel Valley College's ethical education practices, emphasizing the significance of ethics in higher education and the dynamic interplay between ethics and professionalism. The college's proactive approach positions it as a leader in addressing ethical challenges and adapting to changing environments while fostering ethical competence in its students.
  • The Sandglass as Allegory for Ethical Evolution: A Dialogue

    Békefi, Lajos; Haaz, Ignace (Globethics Publications, 2023-12-22)
    As a child we all admired the sparkling desert crystal sand grains of the sandglass, and while they slowly, silently rolled down, occasionally, we started dreaming, after having turned it very carefully, watching the grains taking different directions, as the sand was suddenly starting to dance! While the sunlight reflected on the even flow of crystal grains, imagination soared far, into the actual deserts, desert ships, camels, into the fantasy worlds… It was good to dream, freely, realistically, or with a free imagination. As in the sandglass time moments are overlapping, never simply a passing of time as bidirectional succession of points. The duration of the present suggests a radical experience of the hic et Nunc. The sandglass gives us also about five minutes to figure out the right order of our experience. It is both short as an aphorism, both long enough to captures some real perfection and harmony in the world. In our dialogue we tried to crystallize a few central ethical notions, such as an ethical evolution in time, captured by the allegory of the sandglass, which opens not only the imagination but also challenges the decision-maker: “Now quick, take the right decision, I give you five minutes!”    
  • Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: An Analytical Assessment

    Bellomo, Santiago Tomás (Globethics Publications, 2023-12-22)
    This article proposes a model of analysis to guide factual comprehension and normative positioning around the use of AI in higher education. We will analyse the four most impactful options of use of AI in the higher education sector considering the current development of this technology. These are: the co-construction of knowledge, the use of AI for tutoring or mentoring, the rise of adaptive platforms and predictive capabilities. We will propose an exercise of analytical reflection for each use, appealing to some of the dimensions of the proposed model to guide their use. The result is intended to be fruitful, insofar as it warns against the risk of biasing the analysis by losing sight of the deeper implications and commitments required to discern the use of AI.
  • Applied Ethics at Corvinus Business Ethics Center: A book review and survey of 30 years of interdisciplinary business ethics with genuine moral commitments

    Haaz, Ignace (Globethics Publications, 2023-12-22)
    Between practical ethics, which seeks to define a wide range of ethical norms and ways of ethical reasoning on firm philosophical basis, including the definition of the foundation of ethics, and business ethics, environmental ethics or health ethics the difference is only about the degree we get to apply practically ethics. The Business Ethics Center of Corvinus University of Budapest, lead by Prof. Laszlo Zsolnai, takes all these levels very seriously. The external observer who would want to review the activities of the Center would immediately get in trouble if all that he would expect is either great theories on practical ethics, or only concrete observations on how, in some precise context, ethics is applied by economic science professionals. Indeed, as we shall review, the 30 Years Report of the Business Ethics Center of Corvinus University Budapest presents the most important conferences and workshops that they organized, describes significant books they published, and summarizes the main findings of their decades-long research. Crucially, the functioning of the Center is based on the conviction that ethics is a relevant aspect of all levels of economic activity, from individual and organizational to societal and global. Business ethics is practiced by the Center as an action-oriented, interdisciplinary scientific inquiry where normative and descriptive elements are intermingled.
  • The Transformative Role of Ethics in Education: The Humboldtian Philosophy

    Kartashyan, Mariam (Globethics Publications, 2023-12-22)
    The German philosopher, writer, and statesman Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835) has played a key role in the transformation and development of education in Prussia and beyond its borders. If time is change and can be measured as progress towards social transformation, then time serves some concrete utility transposed in the field of education. For the purpose of social transformation and development of education, Humboldt has used various strategies, among which ethics or morals had a certain impact on education. Despite the importance of this aspect, the ethical understanding of the philosopher has not been researched deeply yet. The following paper analyses this question according to Humboldt’s writings and shows its relevance for education. The aim of this research is to reveal insights that have the potential to serve the development of education even now.
  • Temporal Horizons in Education: Nurturing Timeless Teaching-Related Skills and Fostering Teacher Leadership in Low-Resources Contexts

    Honen-Delmar, Mélodie (Globethics Publications, 2023-12-22)
    This paper extracts the findings of the impact study on the Learning Facilitator programme’s study, a 6-month blended learning professional programme accredited by the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Germany) and delivered by Jesuit Worldwide Learning to teachers in context of marginalisation. Focused on elucidating how the Learning Facilitator programme nurtures graduates' soft skills in teaching and fosters their servant-leadership, this paper underscores how the programme redefines the temporal horizons for its participants, enabling them to transcend established frames of reference and cultivate inclusive and conducive learning environments both within and beyond the confines of traditional classrooms. This contribution seeks to bring the seldom heard voices at the centre of the discussion on “time for education”, echoing graduates’ critical exploration in reevaluating conventional frames of reference in pedagogical contexts.
  • Education and the Narrative Aspect of Temporality: Byung-Chul Han’s Views on Our Challenges of Contemplative Lingering

    Bühlmann Quero, Jakob (Globethics Publications, 2023-12-22)
    Byung-Chul Han (Seoul, 1959) establishes one of the most meaningful and deep understandings of the experience of the contemporary subject. In his view, temporality has suffered a radical atomization that translates into a fragmented life experience: a collection of isolated instants devoid of a sense of duration. As a by-product of this circumstance, we see our very way of thinking and learning changing accordingly. Where we used to find knowledge, we now see information. The aim of this paper will be to explore the transformative power of education in the context of our “broken” temporality.
  • AI in Higher Education: Academic Integrity, Harmony of Insights, and Recommendations

    Fowler, David S. (Globethics Publications, 2023-12-22)
    This scholarly inquiry examines the interplay between artificial intelligence (AI) and academic integrity within higher education. Through a comprehensive synthesis of academic literature, the study delves into the multifaceted implications of AI tools on academic practices, pedagogical approaches, and the evolving landscape of academic integrity within higher education. The findings, derived from an extensive analysis of scholarly works, offer profound insights into the challenges posed by the integration of AI in higher education. The impact on academic dishonesty, the nuances of pedagogical shifts, and the dynamic relationship between students and AI are scrutinized, contributing to a nuanced comprehension of the intricate dynamics within the academy.

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