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Il nostro tempo con il pensiero: una filosofia del presente
No full textCosa hanno in comune la guerra in Ucraina, la sostenibilità ambientale, l’arte contemporanea, il digitale, la business ethics, ovvero l’imprenditoria attenta alle questioni di equità, e il rapporto tra religione e politica? Sebastiano Maffettone prova qui ad analizzare il nostro presente con la lente della filosofia, che appare più necessaria che mai alla luce della complessità del mondo. Ogni riflessione è collegata all’altra da un fil rouge che accompagna lo sguardo del lettore attraverso le tensioni dialettiche della realtà. In questo modo, Maffettone costruisce un’originale impalcatura per una filosofia del presente
Il ruolo dei valori
No full textIl presente contributo rappresenta l’intervento del Professor Maffettone al Forum del 2 Aprile 2009. L’autore affrontando il tema della centralità della sostenibilità nei valori della società contemporanea, ripercorre il dibattito sull’etica dell’ambiente e propone la tesi che la sostenibilità presenta gli stessi problemi che già c’erano nell’approccio fondazionale dell’etica ambientalistica
La pensabilità del mondo: filosofia e governanza globale
No full textConvivenza tra popoli di culture diverse, diritti umani, pace e guerra, ragione pubblica, natura dell'identità, sostenibilità, rapporto tra morale e capitalismo, futuro della genetica e dell'intelligenza artificiale. Questi sono i temi intorno ai quali si concepisce, si discute e si esercita la "governanza globale". Con gli strumenti della filosofia politica, Sebastiano Maffettone prova a "pensare un mondo" che di fatto non esiste ancora. Partendo dal presupposto che libertà, uguaglianza e identità siano nozioni chiave non riducibili una all'altra, un'etica pubblica delle relazioni internazionali poggia sul concetto di "integrazione pluralistica"
Antonella Urciuoli, Fine vita: antichi dilemmi e questioni irrisolte [Federica Maffettone]
No full textRecensione alla monografia di Antonella Urciuoli, Fine vita: antichi dilemmi e questioni irrisolte, Quaderni
della Rassegna di diritto civile diretta da Pietro Perlingieri, Napoli, Edizioni
Scientifiche Italiane, 2021, pp. 1-140
Noi e la macchina. Un'etica per l'era digitale
No full textTutto il mondo della tecnologia viene descritto dalla categoria dell’innovazione. Ma esiste anche un’innovazione di tipo sociale, che oggi tende a sfuggirci di vista, morale ed etico, che accompagna il progresso scientifico e tecnico della nostra società. Innovazione tecnica e cambiamenti socioculturali vanno da sempre di pari passo, e bisogna tenerne conto. Se continueremo a considerare l’innovazione solamente dalla prospettiva tecnologica, rischiamo di non riuscire più a percepirne la portata in termini di trasformazione sociale, risultando incapaci di orientarne gli effetti verso il bene. Per poter parlare di innovazione positivamente e per poterla orientare al bene comune abbiamo bisogno di un approccio e di una prospettiva differenti. Noi e la macchina, il libro di Paolo Benanti e Sebastiano Maffettone, decide di adottare la categoria della sostenibilità digitale. Parlare di sostenibilità digitale significa ribaltare la questione e affrontarla con le categorie dell’etica, non mettere la capacità tecnica al centro dell’attenzione, bensì considerare la persona come fine ultimo (τέλος) che deve orientare il progresso tecnologico
International Toleration: A Theory
No full textThis book proposes a theory of toleration wherein liberal democracies peacefully co-exist with non-democratic societies. It conceptualises international toleration in a way that is both faithful to the liberal tradition and at the same time explains why we should accept some nonliberal and non-democratic political communities as members in good standing in international society.
The volume delves into different theoretical understandings of the idea of toleration and what it has come to mean in today’s highly polarised world. It argues that classifying states as liberal and nonliberal is important but cannot explain how they should relate to one another. Putting forward a new reconstruction of Rawls’s theory of political liberalism, Maffettone makes a compelling case for the claim that the separation between domestic and international political domains can enable a liberal state to have equal respect and recognition for at least some nonliberal ones.
A major intervention in political and legal philosophy, this book will be indispensable to students and teachers of political theory, international relations, peace and confict studies, international law, and human rights. It will also be of interest to government think tanks and civil servants
Marx in the 21st century: A critical introduction
No full textThis book introduces Marx as a political philosopher to the 21st-century reader. Equal parts comprehensive, accessible, and engaging, it presents an unconventional reinterpretation of class struggle. Maffettone sheds light on Marx the individual, the intellectual, the political leader and icon, and links his lasting legacy to contemporary theories of justice.
As one of the most prominent intellectual presences in history, Marx should not be read as a theorist of communism and socialism. Rather, he was, is, and shall remains today and remain for the foreseeable future, a radical critic of liberalism and capitalism. Within this innovative interpretive framework, he must be kept absolutely present in the analysis of contemporary politics. Under such premise, the volume explores Marx’s life, his thoughts, his most important writings, his works on historical materialism and economic theory with a focus on concepts of labor, commerce, capitalism, and surplus. The book also includes discussions on the Manuscripts of 1844, the Manifesto of 1848, and a brief critical summary of Capital.
A truly definitive work on the "phenomenon" that is Marx, this critical introduction will be of immense interest to scholars and researchers of political science, modern history, cultural studies, social anthropology, political philosophy, critical theory, justice, and economics, as well as appeal to the general reader
Global political theory
No full textPhilosophers have never shied away from interrogating the nature of our obligations beyond borders. From Hobbes to the international lawyers Grotius, Pufendorf, Vattel, and of course Kant, modern philosophy has always attempted to define the nature and shape of a just international order, and the types of mutual obligations members of different political communities might share. In today's hyper-connected world, these issues are more important than ever and have been an impetus to a political theory with global scope and aspirations.
Global Political Theory offers a comprehensive and cutting-edge introduction to the moral aspects of global politics today. It addresses foundational aspects of global political theory such as the nature of human rights, the types of distributive obligations that we have toward distant others, the relationship between just war theory and global distributive justice, and the legitimacy of international law and global governance institutions. In addition, it features analyses of key applied moral debates in global politics, including the ethical aspects of climate change, the moral issues raised by the mobility of financial capital, the justness of different international trade regimes, and the implications of natural resource ownership for human welfare and democratic political rule. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, this accessible and lively book will be essential reading for students and teachers of political theory, philosophy and international relations
Global political theory
No full textPhilosophers have never shied away from interrogating the nature of our obligations beyond borders. From Hobbes to the international lawyers Grotius, Pufendorf, Vattel, and of course Kant, modern philosophy has always attempted to define the nature and shape of a just international order, and the types of mutual obligations members of different political communities might share. In today's hyper-connected world, these issues are more important than ever and have been an impetus to a political theory with global scope and aspirations.
Global Political Theory offers a comprehensive and cutting-edge introduction to the moral aspects of global politics today. It addresses foundational aspects of global political theory such as the nature of human rights, the types of distributive obligations that we have toward distant others, the relationship between just war theory and global distributive justice, and the legitimacy of international law and global governance institutions. In addition, it features analyses of key applied moral debates in global politics, including the ethical aspects of climate change, the moral issues raised by the mobility of financial capital, the justness of different international trade regimes, and the implications of natural resource ownership for human welfare and democratic political rule. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, this accessible and lively book will be essential reading for students and teachers of political theory, philosophy and international relations
Rawls: an introduction
No full textRawls: An Introduction is a uniquely comprehensive introduction to the work of the American philosopher John Rawls (1921-2002), who transformed contemporary political philosophy. In the 1950s and 1960s, political philosophy seemed to have reached a dead end characterized by a loose predominance of utilitarian theses. Rawls’s conception of liberalism placed civil liberties and social justice at its core, and his extraordinary influence has only been confirmed by the extent of the criticism he has provoked.
The book is divided into three parts which correspond to Rawls’s three major books. The first concentrates on A Theory of Justice (1971) and examines the way in which Rawls’s general vision of social justice is presented. Maffettone also includes here a discussion of some of the most important critiques of Rawls. The second part of the book highlights Political Liberalism (1993-6), with a chapter dedicated to the “passage” from Theory of Justice to Political Liberalism. Finally, the third part provides a discussion of The Law of Peoples (1999).
This work is acomprehensive examination of these three major texts by a renowned Rawls scholar and will appeal to all philosophers and social scientists for whom it is essential to understand the key theories of this most influential of political philosophers
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