A compaixão como fundamentação moral em Schopenhauer

The scope of this study was to investigate to what extent the feeling of compassion is important for the moral reasons. Thus, we will build on the analysis of moral reasoning of the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, in his essay “On The Basis of Morality”, who was a supporter of the feeling of compassion in their ethical reasoning. In order to deepen the discussion on the dichotomy of the human being, that the split between reason and sensibility in the moral field, also investigate Schopenhauer's criticism of the Kantian moral, which is fundamentally rational. We believe that analyzing both its moral foundation, as his critique of Kantian morality, we can understand the true import of the feeling of compassion in the moral field. Thus, we believe that one must take into account the value of this feeling on ethical grounds. As proposed will try an approach with regard to reason and sensitivity in the moral field.

Dignidade como valor incondicional da pessoa. A partir de que fundamentos?

O espaço público assiste, contemporaneamente, a um aumento da sensibilidade moral dos cidadãos que, conscientes do valor político e antropológico da experiência de menosprezo e desrespeito social ou cultural de que muitas pessoas são vítimas, reclamam o reconhecimento da sua dignidade de pessoa e/ou grupos de pessoas, como elemento essencial do conceito de justiça. Na defesa dos oprimidos, invisíveis, ou sem voz, a noção de dignidade humana funciona, desde há muitos séculos na Europa, como ancoragem de sentido na esfera política, moral, jurídica e educativa, entre outras, e incorpora o mythos do mundo Ocidental. Mas, se cada cultura constitui uma constelação que vive do seu próprio mythos (Cf. Raimon Panikkar, 2006), no interior do qual adquirem sentido concreto as ideias de bem, de verdade, de beleza e também de realidade, o que significa dignidade humana para o Ocidente?

El aprendizaje a través del juego como herramienta en el diseño de actividades de valor añadido en un currículum integrador de Ciencias Biomédicas

Esta actividad, diseñada desde el Departamento de Ciencias Biomédicas Básicas, se apoya en: 1. la integración de materias básicas (para contextualizar la experiencia clínica desde la perspectiva de sus fundamentos); 2. la formación interprofesional al trabajar con alumnos de diferentes Grados de nuestra Facultad y 3. el aprendizaje a través del juego, para facilitar un abordaje motivante y divertido a los destinatarios de la acción. Esta nueva experiencia consiste en una gymkhana por equipos en base a un caso clínico, en la que por primera vez se trabajan el aprendizaje y la docencia en diversas disciplinas básicas integradas, a través del juego y la competición entre grupos de alumnos (TBL).

O valor do diploma nas práticas de recrutamento de grandes empresas

Studies show that higher level diplomas make access to well-paid jobs easier and are an important source of prestige and social honor in Brazil. However, a broad literature today indicates a reduction of the importance of the diploma in hiring processes and argues that having a diploma becomes less and less sufficient for getting a job. This article examines the processes of selection of recently graduated engineers by eight large companies in the region of Campinas. Based on interviews with the main actors of the selection processes and on observation of the initial steps of a selection carried out by a consultancy company hired by one of the companies, the study shows that the weight of a diploma from a prestigious university is still the most important variable for the hiring decision, as it defines not only whether it will be possible to get the job or not, but also the access to vacancies that lead to better paid and more prestigious managerial positions. Finally, it discusses theoretical implications as well as what these results suggest in terms of public policies.

A formação de personalidades éticas: representações de si e moral

The article presents studies of a current investigation among 75 adolescents from 12 to 15 years old, students of private schools of Campinas city, that have as main objective to notice a possible correspondence among the moral judgments and the representation that individuals have about themselves. From a questionnaire, the studies bring out the representations of these individuals and answer a questioning if they would have an ethical character or not and if these individuals would correspond to their moral judgments. The results point out to a correspondence among those whose self representations are characterized by more evolved ethical contents and judgments related to sensitivity and to the characters feelings involved in the situations described. Such studies validate the intention of this article to discuss the correspondences between ethics (how the individual sees himself/herself) and moral (how he/she judges the situations moral).

Modelos organizadores do pensamento: uma perspectiva de pesquisa sobre o raciocínio moral com adolescentes autores de infração

This article has the aim to expand the perspective of research in the field of morality. We present a proposal of morality study of outlaw teenagers according to Thinking Organizer Models Theory. Through the idea of complexity we search to understand the cognitive process in the elaboration of moral reasoning inside situations of conflict. With this perspective, we developed a research that aimed to identify which organizer models were applied by 20 outlaw male teenagers who abide by social punishment to solve the hypothetical moral conflicts. Through interviews we told them a situation of moral conflict that involved friendship relation, physical aggression and steal. We could identified several models which were joined in three categories. Such models reflected the diversity and regularity that are present inside the elaborated reasoning to solve the conflicts shown by us. We conclude that the diversity of organizer models identified shows the importance of the contents in the construction of moral reasoning.

O jogo e o desenvolvimento moral nas aulas de educação física

Universidade Estadual de Campinas . Faculdade de Educação Física