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Work activities mediated by Artificial Intelligence: new work models, pedagogical complexities, and Ethical Challenges
Full text linkArtificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing work contexts, introducing new models of interaction and collaboration between humans and machines. AI is no longer just a technological tool but a collaborative entity that influences the work environment. Powered by advanced algorithms and increasingly accessible and affordable computing power, AI is spreading across all sectors (Acemoglu & Restrepo, 2018). This phenomenon generates significant opportunities but also considerable risks. Although current technological transformations are closely connected to previous historical developments, such as modernization and post-industrialization, the innovations brought by new digital technologies are of a different and deeper nature, and AI represents an unprecedented turning point compared to the past. AI “is not mere technological advancement, but a metamorphosis of all technologies” (Elliot, 2021). Unlike past technologies, new technologies have characteristics that make them much more pervasive and ubiquitous in our lives, so they cannot be considered merely optional tools. Besides having a different qualitative nature, new technologies are characterized by a quantitative phenomenon that distinguishes them from many other technologies: the computing power, memory, and data transmission capacity of information systems that are growing at increasingly rapid rates, doubling every year and a half (Caligiore, 2022). In the past, these technologies, mainly based on the automation of production processes, played an important role almost exclusively in replacing heavy manual labor. Now, things are changing. We are facing a phase of technological acceleration, with a multiple effect resulting from the simultaneous growth of several innovative components that intertwine and amplify their respective capacities. Three technologies-AI, Data, and Cloud- represent the so-called digital core of companies and countries and will be the true drivers of change and future value creation. The transformation will affect both the private and the public sector, facing three major challenges: implementing the digital core, adapting skills, and organizational transformation (Di Matteo & Zuccarelli, 2024). This article specifically examines organizational transformation and how AI is mediating work activities, with an analysis of the benefits, ethical challenges, and pedagogical complexities emerging from this transformation emphasizing the evolution of collaboration models between humans and machine, illustrating how they can work together by examining concrete cases of companies using AI as a “collaborator”. Moreover, the article delves into the ethical and pedagogical challenges arising from the integration of AI in work contexts. Communication and coordination between human workers and AI systems can be problematic, requiring new skills and organizational adaptations. Consequently, worker training must evolve to enable effective interaction with AI systems, and educational institutions must face the challenge of preparing students for a continuously evolving work environment, promoting collaborative and interdisciplinary learning. Additionally, there are complex and multidimensional ethical implications: the responsibility for decisions made by AI, worker autonomy, and privacy protection are issues that require careful reflection (Floridi, 2022)
The legal status of the surname: between Albanian tradition and European normative standards
Full text linkLa regolamentazione giuridica del cognome, come componente essenziale dell’identità personale, solleva questioni normative, culturali e istituzionali complesse, in particolare nel contesto del diritto di famiglia albanese e del diritto internazionale dei diritti umani. Oltre alla sua funzione amministrativa, il cognome rappresenta un elemento fondamentale dell’identità giuridica e sociale dell’individuo, intrecciando l’eredità familiare con il diritto alla dignità e all’autoidentificazione. Nell’ordinamento giuridico europeo, il diritto al nome e al cognome è tutelato come parte del diritto all’identità personale e alla vita privata, ai sensi dell’articolo 8 della Convenzione europea dei diritti dell’uomo (CEDU) e dell’articolo 7 della Carta dei diritti fondamentali dell’Unione europea. Questa protezione è strettamente legata al principio di uguaglianza di genere nella determinazione del cognome del figlio, come confermato dalla giurisprudenza della Corte europea dei diritti dell’uomo.In Albania, sebbene il Codice della Famiglia del 2003 abbia riconosciuto la possibilità di un accordo tra i genitori nella scelta del cognome del figlio, in assenza di tale accordo vige ancora la regola automatica a favore della linea paterna. Questa disposizione riflette l’eredità patriarcale del diritto consuetudinario e il quadro normativo del periodo socialista, richiedendo una rivalutazione critica alla luce degli obblighi internazionali e del processo di integrazione europea. The legal regulation of surnames as an essential component of personal identity raises complex normative, cultural, and institutional issues, particularly within the framework of Albanian family law and international human rights law. Beyond its administrative function, the surname constitutes a fundamental element of an individual’s legal and social identity, intertwining family heritage with the right to dignity and self-identification. In the European legal order, the right to a name and surname is protected as part of the right to personal identity and private life, under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. This protection is closely connected to the principle of gender equality in determining a child’s surname, as confirmed by the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.In Albania, although the 2003 Family Code first recognised the possibility of parental agreement in determining a child's surname, the automatic rule in favour of the paternal line in the absence of such agreement remains in force. This legal provision reflects the patriarchal legacy of customary law and the regulatory framework of the socialist period, requiring a critical reassessment in light of international human rights obligations and European integration
Long-term care insurance and settlement in the form of annuities: brief reflections on solutions to vulnerability in the age of ageing and new technologies
Full text linkThis paper investigates the link between long-term care, forms of pension payments and new technologies. In judgment no. 31574 of 25 October 2022, the Terza Sezione of the Italian Corte di Cassazione provided for the possibility of settling macro-disability by leaving it to the prudent discretion of the judge, including through the instrument of annuity pursuant to Article 2057 of the Italian Civil Code, to choose the form of compensation for permanent personal injury in cases involving macro-injuries. The “Long Term Care” insurance products have elements in common with the form of compensation just mentioned and, given the “state of health” of the national health system, could become increasingly popular and widespread in the near future as supplementary insurance solutions. These compensation and insurance instruments also provide an opportunity to assess the impact of the use of new technologies in the compensation of personal injury.Il presente lavoro intende fornire alcuni spunti circa il legame sussistente tra Long Term Care, forme di liquidazione sotto forma di rendita e nuove tecnologie. Con sentenza n. 31574 del 25 ottobre 2022 la Terza Sezione della Cassazione ha previsto la possibilità di liquidare le macroinvalidità rimettendo al prudente apprezzamento del giudice, anche attraverso lo strumento della rendita ex art. 2057 c.c., la scelta della forma di liquidazione del danno permanente alla persona nelle casistiche relative alle macrolesioni. Presentano elementi di comunanza con la forma di liquidazione appena menzionata i prodotti assicurativi Long Term Care che nel futuro prossimo potrebbero sempre più affermarsi e diffondersi quali soluzioni assicurative integrative, visto e considerato lo “stato di salute” del sistema sanitario nazionale. Tali strumenti, di liquidazione ed assicurativo, sono altresì l’occasione per valutare l’impatto dell’impiego di nuove tecnologie nel risarcimento del danno alla persona.
This paper investigates the link between long-term care, forms of pension payments and new technologies. In judgment no. 31574 of 25 October 2022, the Terza Sezione of the Italian Corte di Cassazione provided for the possibility of settling macro-disability by leaving it to the prudent discretion of the judge, including through the instrument of annuity pursuant to Article 2057 of the Italian Civil Code, to choose the form of compensation for permanent personal injury in cases involving macro-injuries. The “Long Term Care” insurance products have elements in common with the form of compensation just mentioned and, given the “state of health” of the national health system, could become increasingly popular and widespread in the near future as supplementary insurance solutions. These compensation and insurance instruments also provide an opportunity to assess the impact of the use of new technologies in the compensation of personal injury
Come lavorava Frazer. Appunti per un’analisi variantistica del mito di Nemi ne Il Ramo d’Oro
No full textThis paper examines the evolution of the opening passage of The Golden Bough by James George Frazer, focusing on the priesthood of Nemi and its ritualistic violence. Through an analysis of Frazer’s autograph marginalia and unpublished variants preserved at the Wren Library in Cambridge (Trinity College Library, Adv. C.21.68-71), the study traces the transformation of the text from a terse anthropological account into a vivid and dramatic ekphrasis. Employing methods of authorial philology, it highlights how Frazer’s stylistic revisions – guided by classical rhetoric and romantic imagination – enhance the symbolic and sensory power of the scene, reflecting the author's broader effort to merge scientific inquiry with literary expression
Recensione a: E. Stimilli, Filosofia dei mezzi. Per una nuova politica dei corpi, Neri Pozza, Vicenza 2023.
No full textA MIXE RESPONSE. THE CONTRIBUTION OF YÁSNAYA AGUILAR GIL TO THE DEBATE ON THE CRISIS OF NARRATION
No full textIn 2020 in Mexico and in 2023 in Spain the linguist and activist for the rights of indigenous peoples and Mixe nation, Yásnaya Aguilar Gil published a peculiar collection of essays on linguistic diversity in Mexico. The volume titled Ää: Manifiestos sobre la diversidad lingüística shows all the strategies that made it possible for the Mixe people to find a path to survival, avoiding the risk of becoming merely a folkloric cultural treasure in Mexico instead of remaining a living, creative and active people. These essays are interrupted by brief quotes from Aguilar Gil’s social profiles, mainly Twitter (X) and Facebook, where she criticizes the Mexican linguistic policies, or she leaves a testimony of her daily life as a bilingual person in a Federal Republic that constantly suppresses plurality and difference. The purpose of my essay is to explore how the strategies that Yásnaya Aguilar Gil can help answer urgent questions: How to overcome the “crisis of narration” (Han 2024)? How to survive as singularities the process that tends to blur any difference to reach the ideal “homogeneous group”, or Geschlecht in the Derridean lexicon (Derrida 2020)? What role do the state and the nation play in this complex dialogue between the indigenous resistance and a criollo state that, as Rita Segato claims, has a masculine DNA (Segato 2018)
ENVIRONMENT AND THE ILLUSION OF THE “OUTSIDE” IN GEORGE GISSING’S SHORT FICTION
No full textThis paper argues that in a selection of short stories George Gissing constructs a singular topology of entrapment where the traditional dichotomy of country and city dissolves into a continuous spectrum of alienation, forming a cohesive ‘nether world’ that offers no refuge, only varying degrees of exile. Drawing on Michel Foucault’s concept of “the thought of the outside” (Foucault 1998, p. 154), this analysis demonstrates how the protagonists’ yearning for an alternative existence beyond their spatial limits drives them towards physical displacement, only to reveal its tragic illusion. Their movements in space – whether from rural to urban or urban to rural – never lead to liberation, but trigger a state of psychological and physiological unfitness, which in turn reflect a cruel kind of environmental determinism. Through a close reading of the stories Transplanted, A Son of the Soil and A Freak of Nature this paper examines how Gissing subverts the pastoral ideal and the ideology of environmental reform, exposing the barbarism inherent in the civilizing impulse itself. The character’s incompatibility with any new environment underlines a deep ontological immobility that makes them “irremediably outside the outside”. Ultimately, Gissing’s naturalist project presents a harsh critique of any philanthropic attempt to transcend one’s constitutive milieu, framing such efforts as dangerous experiment that confirm the inescapable power of environment in shaping, confining and finally fracturing the individual
Il minore autore di reato tra diritto nazionale e diritto internazionale: Analisi comparativa tra Albania ed Italia
No full textL’articolo analizza in chiave comparativa il sistema di giustizia minorile dell’Albania con il sistema di giustizia minorile d’Italia, evidenziando convergenze e differenze nei profili normativi, organizzativi e operativi. Entrambi i paesi si ispirano alla Convenzione ONU sui Diritti del Fanciullo e condividono il principio del superiore interesse del minore, privilegiando misure educative e riabilitative rispetto a quelle punitive. Tuttavia, mentre l’Italia presenta una struttura giudiziaria consolidata e diffusa, l’Albania è ancora in fase di sviluppo e necessita di un rafforzamento istituzionale, di risorse e di formazione specialistica per gli operatori. L’analisi propone, infine, la cooperazione transnazionale e lo scambio di buone pratiche come strumenti per migliorare i modelli di giustizia minorile e favorire l’inclusione dei giovani autori di reato nella società.
The article provides a comparative analysis of the juvenile justice system in Albania and the juvenile justice system in Italy, highlighting both similarities and differences in legal frameworks, institutional organization, and practical implementation. Both countries are inspired by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and share the principle of the child’s best interest, prioritizing educational and rehabilitative over punitive measures. However, while Italy has a consolidated and well-structured judicial framework, Albania is still in a developmental phase, requiring institutional strengthening, additional resources, and specialized professional training. The paper concludes by emphasizing cross-border cooperation and exchange of best practices as key tools for improving juvenile justice models and promoting social reintegration of young offenders
L’Église orthodoxe bulgare accueille avec joie la nouvelle loi sur l’enseignement obligatoire du cours de religion dans les éco-les bulgares
No full textNavigating the Future: Assessing the Impact of Due Diligence Rules in the European Union on Business, Environment and Workers
No full textThis paper explores how the European Union’s new due diligence regulations are reshaping the way companies operate, particularly in relation to environmental protection, social responsibility, and labour rights. As businesses are increasingly required to examine their supply chains and identify potential risks, understanding the broader effects of these rules becomes essential. The study looks at how these regulations have developed, what they aim to achieve, and how they may influence companies’ competitiveness and long-term sustainability strategies. The central idea is that, although companies may initially face higher costs and administrative demands, stronger due diligence standards can ultimately encourage more responsible practices. Over time, these rules may help companies reduce risks, strengthen their reputation, and access new market opportunities. The research also considers how effective enforcement could lead to tangible improvements for the environment and for workers, supporting fairer and safer working conditions. Using a mixed-method approach, the paper evaluates both the challenges and the potential advantages of the EU’s regulatory shift. The findings aim to guide policymakers, businesses, and other stakeholders as they adapt to these evolving expectations. Overall, the study highlights how due diligence regulations can contribute to a more ethical, sustainable, and socially just European economy.This paper explores how the European Union’s new due diligence regulations are reshaping the way companies operate, particularly in relation to environmental protection, social responsibility, and labour rights. As businesses are increasingly required to examine their supply chains and identify potential risks, understanding the broader effects of these rules becomes essential. The study looks at how these regulations have developed, what they aim to achieve, and how they may influence companies’ competitiveness and long-term sustainability strategies. The central idea is that, although companies may initially face higher costs and administrative demands, stronger due diligence standards can ultimately encourage more responsible practices. Over time, these rules may help companies reduce risks, strengthen their reputation, and access new market opportunities. The research also considers how effective enforcement could lead to tangible improvements for the environment and for workers, supporting fairer and safer working conditions. Using a mixed-method approach, the paper evaluates both the challenges and the potential advantages of the EU’s regulatory shift. The findings aim to guide policymakers, businesses, and other stakeholders as they adapt to these evolving expectations. Overall, the study highlights how due diligence regulations can contribute to a more ethical, sustainable, and socially just European economy