'Inter-Processual Self' Towards a Personalist Virtue Ethics Proposal for Human Agency
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2018
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This cross-disciplinary proposal, bridging virtue ethics and personalist traditions, proposes a radical new way of understanding the self, as well as personal, relational, and systemic growth. Inspired by the philosophy of Polo and supported by a broad range of authors, it offers a sound philosophical basis for approaching the debates on human development in a current, novel way. Based on previous research bridging philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience, the authors identify two alternative paradigms for conceiving of the self and human development: the "autonomous self" (AS) and the "inter-processual self" (IPS). On the grounds of ontological, epistemological, and teleological concerns, IPS refutes the idea of self-autonomy; it posits that the self understands and experiences role integrity in relationship to others, under assumptions of free and open systems. To keep ongoing dialogue on human development open, the authors also suggest how this new theoretical proposal may be applied and tested, inspiring a renewed view of education, governance, and management.
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Filosofía de la economía, ética profesional, Artes y Humanidades