The Biological Nonexistence versus the Social Existence of Human Races: Can Science Instruct the Social Ethos?

2011 ◽  
pp. 69-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Telma S. Birchal ◽  
Sérgio D. J. Pena
Keyword(s):  
Social Existence ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Ethos

The Hybrid Regime in Post-Civil War Sri Lanka

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 437-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laksiri Jayasuriya
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Political System ◽  
Political Order ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dominant State ◽  
Hybrid Regime ◽  
Social Ethos

Following the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2010, the Sri Lankan political system has seen the rise of a ‘one-party dominant state’ and a ‘hybrid regime’. This new political order consists of a mix of democratic and authoritarian elements largely seen in countries such as Malaysia and Singapore. This essay examines the social and political changes introduced by the highly militarized regime led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, which has slanted towards a Kautilyan ideology and authoritarian constitutionalism. It is argued that Sri Lanka needs a glasnost, marking a new political and social ethos based on the principles of accountability, openness, transparency, freedom and justice.

scholarly journals LA EXISTENCIA SOCIAL: entre subjetividad y condiciones objetivas. Incidencia en la discusión teórica sobre el desarrollo

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 407
Author(s):  
Aura González Serna
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Discussion ◽  
Social Existence ◽  
The Social ◽  
Generic Character

Este artículo busca instigar reflexiones sobre el debate teórico en torno al Desarrollo. La premisa para afincar el análisis es considerar la incidencia de los modos de aprehender la existencia social, toda vez que ella está demarcada entre subjetividades y condiciones objetivas. Concepciones distintas al interpretarla y representarla comparecen en el imaginario individual y colectivo. La fragmentación entre subjetividad y objetividad constituye impedimento para comprender el carácter genérico del Ser que construye y transforma permanentemente la existencia social.Palabras-clave: Desarrollo, existencia social, relación naturaleza-sociedadTHE SOCIAL EXISTENCE: Between subjectivity and objective conditions. Incidence In theoretical discussion about developmentAbstract: This article aims to investigate reflections about the theoretical debate about development. The premise to establish the analysis is to consider the incidence in the apprehend ways the social existence every time it is demarked among subjectivities and objective conditions. Different conceptions to interpret and represent it show in the individualand collective imaginary. The fragmentation between subjectivity and objectivity constitute impediment to comprehend the generic character of the being that build and permanently transform the social existence.Keywords: Development, social existence, nature-society relation.

scholarly journals Specificity of social existence in megalopolis

2020 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 01003
Author(s):  
Svitlana Kutsepal ◽  
Natalia Zinchenko ◽  
Yulia Perebyynis
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Analysis ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Social Existence ◽  
The Social

The paper is aimed at carrying out the social and philosophical analysis of the factors that determine the specificity of being as a resident of the megalopolis. It proves that residents of the megalopolis are subjected to double pressure: first, they are pressurized by a crowd, part of which they are forced to be constantly, and secondly – by their own ambitions and desires. All this substantially complicates the possibilities of self-presentation and self-affirmation of an individual. The thesis that traditional values are transformed or neglected in the chronotype of the megalopolis and the value of consumption becomes the only dominant is also argued.

The Politics of Presence

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Rosanvallon
Keyword(s):  
Illegal Immigrants ◽  
The Political ◽  
Charitable Organizations ◽  
Political Issue ◽  
Social Existence ◽  
New Politics ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Gaze

This chapter explores a new politics of presence, which takes on a variety of forms. For society itself presence is a new way of understanding what belongs to the realm of the political. It has also given rise to a “new militancy of presence,” the role of which has grown as traditional representative organizations have declined. Charitable organizations long served to “educate the social gaze,” but in recent years many other groups have begun to fill this role. For example, there are groups that specialize in publicizing the plight of the children of illegal immigrants threatened with expulsion, and other groups that take up the cause of laid-off workers. The role of these groups is not simply to defend the interests of the people they represent. It is rather to give them social existence, to bring them recognition as a community, and to raise their plight as a political issue.

For the Life of the World: Some Reflections

2021 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-364
Author(s):  
Jean Porter
Keyword(s):  
Social Ethics ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Moral Theology ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Interfaith Relations ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Extended Discussion ◽  
Social Ethos

As its title would suggest, For the Life of the World: Towards a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church offers a comprehensive statement of the ideals and principles that should guide Orthodox Christians, and the church itself, in the effort to live a Christlike life in today's pluralistic society. The expression “social ethos” might suggest that this document limits itself to social questions as these are commonly understood, offering a kind of Orthodox equivalent of Roman Catholic social encyclicals. On examination, it is clear that this document goes beyond the standard topics pursued under the rubric of social ethics. It includes an extended discussion of marriage and family life, addressing questions of marital relations and family dynamics as well as the social dimension of marriage; a comparably extended discussion of medical ethics; extended comments on ecumenical and interfaith relations; and reflections on the liturgy as the ultimate context for the moral life. We even find brief but perceptive remarks on our treatment of animals. This document is not so much a presentation of social ethics as a treatise on moral theology comprehensively considered. The nearest Roman Catholic parallel would be Veritatis Splendor, rather than one of the social encyclicals.

Virtue Epistemology and the Democratic Life

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Farrelly
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Virtue Epistemology ◽  
Good Life ◽  
The Good Life ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
Intellectual Humility ◽  
Social Existence ◽  
Original Meaning ◽  
The Social ◽  
Democratic Life

Integrating insights from the Ancient Greeks (e.g. concerning virtue, eudaimonia, and the original meaning of “democracy”), John Dewey, and recent work in virtue epistemology, this chapter develops a virtue-based defense of democracy, one that conceives of democracy as an inquiry-based mode of social existence. This account of democracy is developed by responding to three common concerns raised against democracy, which the author calls the Irrationality Problem, the Problem of Autonomy, and the Epistocracy Objection. Virtue epistemology can help elucidate the link between democracy and human flourishing by drawing attention to democracy’s potential for cultivating and refining the “intellectual virtues” (e.g. intellectual humility, fairness in evaluating the arguments of others, the social virtue of being communicative, etc.) constitutive of the good life.

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