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Abstract [en]: This article intends to confront the main principles in the global ethic project and the current data about social performance in Brazil, analysing the possible solutions for social challenges in the country by considering the premises of a global ethic philosophy. Based on the postulate of the golden rule, the principle of humanity and the five commitments, this...
Abstract [en]: What is digitalisation?Digitalisation. It seems clear to everyone what that means. But is it really? Digitalisation is the process of capturing digital data, online transfer of information and automatic processing of big data using algorithms, but also judgement by artificial intelligence which economise and even legitimize the right of using resources. That’s already insane. Moreover, it is often...
Abstract [en]: In the age of digitization, a huge transformation process is taking place. The example of smartphone users illustrates what can be expected: numbers of users will rise to 3.1 billion in 2021 [1]. The change brings with it new, unforeseeable opportunities, but also risks of a scale not yet discernible. New technologies challenge our society to rethink existing...
Abstract [en]: In a world with an enormous speed of change, people are exposed to fears of losing control over their own lives. For the origins of populist movements, the feeling of “loss of control” shows better empirical evidence than some economic and political arguments such as a rising gap between rich and poor or a perceived excess of foreign...
