Êthos y Eudaimonía en la Ethika de Aristóteles

The focus of Aristotelian ethics is not to understand the essence of virtue, but rather the formation of underlying principles which define each individual’s ethics (êthos) that promotes happiness (eudaimonía) as their ultimate end. In this article I will emphasize the relationship between eudaimonía and ethos. This is relevant because êthos may be interpreted as source (pegé) from decisions as character or imprint, (charaktér) thanks to actions performed in order to reach eudaimonía.

Si otorgas poder, prepárate para la responsabilidad

Although it is often disregarded at universities, the ethic-moral constituent is an indispensable portion of any professional development; and even more at current times, when techno-scientific knowledge has become power’s most important underpinning. Incorporating the vast interdisciplinary advances that applied ethics have experienced during the last decades could constitute a specific and apt answer leading towards the institutional resolution of the issue.

De cómo se entiende la moral en las instituciones de salud del país

En este ensayo, la autora hace un recuento histórico acerca de cuáles eran las condiciones morales de las instituciones de salud, a partir de sus experiencias personales como médico y administradora en la Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social.