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Core Skills Empathy Empatia Higher Education Intergenerational Solidarity Non classé uncertainty avoidance

Skills for an uncertain future

Core skills consider the flexibility that we must develop in an uncertain world, increasingly global, with high mobility of people, information, and changing services. Carlos Barros Well-being between the personal and professional spheres is an increasingly heated debate among the various events on the themes of organisational and personal development. In fact, we cannot separate […]

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Humanist journalism (or its lacking…) in the coverage of a crime with a child victim

A popular statement in journalism says that “a dog biting a man is not news, but a man biting a dog is definitely news”. Irony aside, we can acknowledge some truth in this statement. Disturbances of any nature in our daily lives inevitably capture our attention. They can be as trivial as a car crashing […]

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THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL ECONOMY NETWORKS IN THE PROMOTION OF INTEGRAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (Abalroado, T.)

It is necessary to work collectively and bring together the actors to cooperate and work together, meeting a common interest. The strategic decisions of organizations should not be separated from the context of existing relationships, as organizations influence and are influenced not only by the direct relationships they establish with their stakeholders but by the […]

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ageing Development Empathy Family Intergenerational Solidarity Non classé

Ageing: a social challenge?

The increasing awareness that in the western world more people are living to a later age, but that there may be fewer people available for the care required, has made it essential to consider attitudes and behaviours regarding ageism and cooperation with the most immediate network. Carlos Barros The difficulty to support various age groups […]

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The active principle of the Ugly

The Ugly is not a “Being”. The Ugly is a “Becoming”. Its condition is not static. It lives in a relative, entropic, and never definitive axiological spectrum. It is a negation, the active principle of negation. Finding a “frame” of the Ugly implies recognizing dimensions of reality that distance us from a promise of happiness […]

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Development diversity Empathy Empatia Integral Human Development Non classé

Shall we reflect on empathy?

The important thing is to think and feel with those sharing their time, experience and narratives with us.
This openness to others’ emotions can also bring us discomfort, but they challenge our construction and learning