Rubrica: Questioni
A. Moretti, Debito e controllo. Oltre lo Stato disciplinare
The debt shapes itself, at the present time, as one of the most important structures of modern economy and, at the same time, the most controversial and unquestioned social configuration. As a matter of fact, as long as it is considered merely by the economical point of view, the debt…
F. Aprile, Decisione abortiva e actus debendi: per un’ontologia (debole) dell’evento embrionale
The decision to have an abortion, to interrupt the formation of a human being inside a mother’s uterus, is an exceptionally tragic decision because it takes in account of the possibility of death – death before life. This difficult matter does not deserve to be dealt with naïve moralism or…
F. Mancini, Debito e responsabilità nella teologia di Dietrich Bonhoeffer
My contribution draws attention to the issue of debt in the theological discussion, in particular referring to the thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The first part gives a general introduction dedicated to the profile and thought of Bonhoeffer, focusing the attention on the issue of debt in a theological sense. The…
E. C. Sferrazza Papa, Etica dell’ospitalità e filosofia del debito: l’ospitalità come forma-del-debito
My article is an attempt to elaborate an ethic of hospitality through the economic category of debt. The first part of the essay, starting from an etymologically reflection about the term “host”, shows the intrinsic ambiguity of this figure. Host and guest are only to all appearances separated: actually they…
L. Bruna, Il circolo debito-credito come forma di dominio. Economia e morale nel romanticismo politico
The intention of my essay on the history of political thought is to show the conflicting nature of the debt-credit relationship. This critical description of Adam Müller’s economical thought aims un draw out the metaphysical implications of romanticism: using definitions of economical and moral concepts such as property, money and…
B. Scapolo, La dimensione fiduciaria nella relazione credito-debito
Starting from the last novel by H. Melville, The Confidence Man (1857), I propose in this paper an analysis of the trust’s dimension, framework of many interpersonal relationships, in particular as regards the credit-debt relationship, with the aim of highlighting the problematic nature. In fact, without involving the investment, which…