Doutor em Filosofia pela FFLCH/USP O artigo parte da conjuntura internacional para descrever e defender os valores da paz, justiça e tolerância no mundo contemporâneo. Efetua uma análise histórica e filosófica dos três conceitos, examinando sua ocorrência no pensamento de autores como Erasmo, John Rawls e Michael Walzer, e termina propondo uma classificação provisória dos tipos de tolerância, indicando qual, na opinião do autor, é o mais indicado para promover a convivência pacífica no mundo contemporâneo. This paper develops from the contemporary conjuncture to the values of peace, justice and tolerance, which it describes and advocate. The three concepts are analysed from a philosophical and historical point of view, being appointed in the work of such authors as Erasmus, John Rawls and Michael Walzer. Finally, it proposes a provisory classification of kinds of tolerance, the author choosing one of them as the most indicated to promote a peaceful coexistence in contemporary world.
This paper resumes a previous discussion on Environmental Ethics and Irreversibility, which was presented in 2005. There I first faced the problem. Now I would like to reevaluate the issue. Was my paper "catastrophist"? Or was it, instead, realistic? Which are today the main issues confronting Environmental Ethics? Plainly speaking, what can we really do? These are some of the questions I would like to bring in to the debate with my colleagues and the public. In other words, instead of focusing in the aspect of "irreversibility", I prefer here to focus on the "responsibility" of agents and institutions. It rescues the so-called "Principle of Responsibility", by Hans Jonas. There is also some debate with Karl-Otto Apel and Habermas. If, on one hand, there are irreversible damages to nature, as the extinction of species and even of natural locations, as rivers and other natural accidents, there are, on the other hand, many actions that can and must be taken in order to preserve or deter the grave consequences of the environmental degradation. In this paper, I try to discuss some of the problems and propose some solutions, but the more important thing is to call everyone-individuals, groups, or institutionsto responsibility face the Earth, the Human and not-human beings, and mainly the future generations.
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This essay puts in perspective the traditional idea of Idealism as associated with Erasmus and Kant. Given the worsening of the relationship between USA, NATO, and West Europe, on one side, and Russia, China and North Corea, on the other side, one can think about a Second Cold War. Here, the author advocates a position which can be situated between Realism and Idealism. In this sense, the idea of "Utopian Realism", suggested by John Rawls is taken as a possible way out between those opposite standings. To achieve this, the author analyses three scenarios: the withdrawal of US from Afghanistan (2021), the invasion of Ukraine by Russia (February 2022), and the Crimean War (1853-1856).
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