Is taxing in redistributive purposes considered to be forced labour? Are we obligated to pay our taxes? How significant is the fact that most of the rich people owe their fortune to chance and inheritance? A group of libertarian students from Harvard explore some of the answers in front of Michael Sandel. Program: 17:00 –
Sandel brings out some contemporary cases that uses cost – benefit analysis to attach a price on human life. But there are objections about the utilitarian logic of happiness pursuit for as many people as possible. Can we make a sum and compare values using the same unit, like the coin? Ideas form J. S.
How can a murder be perceived as morally correct? What will you do if you were to choose between 1. killing someone to save other five lives and 2. not doing anything but witnessing other five people dying, unless you act? What is the morally correct action to take? This is the hypothetical scenario presented
Today’s monetary system is largely described by fractional reserve institution, central bank’s legal monopoly (institution) to emit coin and the specific coin use restriction. Are all these institutions responsible for capitalist failure and liberal policy failure? How do they contribute to create business cycles? What are the alternatives? Presenter: Claudiu Nasui After workshop : ‘Cafeneaua
The freedom of competing increases goods offer and labour force request needed for production and their allot. So, prices go down proportionally with work costs, and capitalism allows a continual growth for both production and consumption. But this is a positive spiral, says Sorin Cucerai and is fed by an artificial element, apparently hostile to
To what extent is the higher education in Romania affected by religious confessions and how does the state – church relationship reflects on Theological education? Liviu Andreescu ends a research report on this topic. The accuracy of this research report gives us a hint about individual consciousness liberty. Presenter: Liviu Andreescu Special guest: Gabriel Andreescu
Bloomington School became one of the most dynamic, well-known and productive institutional think-tank. But what is the combination between interdisciplinary theoretical approaches and empirical research, that made it successful? Presenter: Dragos Paul Aligica Optional: Aligica, Paul Dragos. 2009. Elinor Ostrom on the Market, the State, and the Third Sector. Reason, 12 octombrie. Aligica, Paul Dragos
Both, people against same- sex marriages and those who agreed with it have a common proposal: the state must define marriage status through a unique formula. The daring solution is “marriage privatization”, which means to transfer the matrimonial union prerogative from the state to the civilian competing organizations, religious or secular. The economical analysis of
Can we talk about the special status of Romanian Orthodox Church given by Romanian State and its politicians? How much does the Church benefit from this, or is just the Cleric people who benefit? How do the negotiations between Church and the state run? Is it necessary or rather damaging, a governmental department for dialogue
The discussions have the next structure: 1. A brief description of the current. 2. The context of debate in which the current, the roots, the history of the movement with its authors and ramification, have appeared. 3. Presentation of the main studies. 4. The main thesis profoundly presented. 5. Critics. 6. Speculations regarding the value
