A short conversation with Maurizio Landini about workers’ struggles and their seriousness Leggi tutto »
In Place of Sacrifice: The Scandal of Grace
Num°17 GRACE
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This essay intends to develop the essential relation between grace and mercy in opposition to sacrificial logics. Whereas philosophy acknowledges its specific vocation to critical inquiry in particular regarding the meaning of the human experience of the gift as a form of relationship, mercy has instead been overshadowed not only in Western thought, but also in the traditional hermeneutics of the evangelic texts. Leggi tutto »
Corporate Speech in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission
Num°16 AGENCY
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This essay identifies two arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, a direct argument in Justice Kennedy’s opinion, and an indirect argument in Justice Scalia’s concurring opinion, for applying the First Amendment to corporate speech. Leggi tutto »
Philosophical Assumptions and Program Evaluation
Num°13 EVALUATION
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The transdisciplinary nature of evaluation allows its application in diverse contexts, with diverse stakeholder groups, to address diverse social problems, through the use of diverse methodologies. Leggi tutto »
Evaluation as a Socio-Political Intervention
Num°13 EVALUATION
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The logic of evaluation is presented and examined, resulting in the claim that evaluation (of public policies and programs) itself is an intervention in the public sphere. Evaluation accomplishes this primarily via the advancement of selected stakeholder interests and values, Leggi tutto »
A Rousseauian Economist’s Brief Reflection on Evaluation
Num°13 EVALUATION
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The essay highlights the close connection that is in place between a specific mode of evaluation and a specific economic approach, namely the neo-classic or marginalist approach; Leggi tutto »
Questa inconstante dea: Machiavelli’s amoral Fortuna
Num°12 LUCK
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Machiavelli often portrays fortuna as an inconstant, amoral power that gives or takes benefits regardless of its beneficiaries’ or victims’ merits. Yet though fortune appears omnipotent, he also insists that human beings have a power of their own – virtú – that can reduce its impact. Leggi tutto »