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Habitation in and out of communism (CADI, Friday, April 10, 2009, 16:00)

With the financial crisis as a background, caused mainly by mortgages policy, we can ask ourselves if there is any articulate conception about habitation in the ideology of every political regime. Gabriela Bleabea gathers studies from Romanian philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists, architects, geographers and historians about institutions and ways of habitation in and out of communism.

Sources of the capitalist order (CADI, Friday, 3 of April, 2009, 16:00)

A discussion about the elementary in capitalism. What is the relationship between capitalism, individual autonomy and self-sufficiency? How did the currency taxation made it to grow the amount of commercial relations? Presenter: Sorin Cucerai Lectures: Sorin Cucerai – About capitalist order

Workshop from the series – Center – Right Wing Currents: Entrepreneurial Theory ( CADI Friday, March 27 , 2009 )

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

The economic organization – political organization analogy ( CADI, Friday, March 20, 2009, 16:00 )

What can a political organization learn from an economic organization ? What they can’t afford to learn ? A discussion starting with the third chapter form the Phd Thesis of Dorina Mihaela Cucu. We announce that the Thesis will be officialy presented soon at the Faculty of Philosophy, Univesity of Bucharest. Presenter: Dorina Lectures: Dorina

Naomi Klein, Capitalism and the Shock Doctrine ( CADI, Friday, 6 of March, 16:00 )

Disasters throw us temporary into a state in which it is easier for us to be manipulated. This is the “Shock Doctrine”, to engage in or to take benefits from whatever the shock looks like, in order to catch the power. The method may be found at the institutional level: the first shock, a natural

The first workshop from the series – Center-Right Wing Currents: Public Choice ( Thursday, February 26, 2009 )

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

How and why does the scientific community thrive and what does society as a whole have to learn from it? (CADI, February 20, 2009, 16:00)

The scientific community is a special organization for several reasons: It’s an international organization, which moves beyond territorial, cultural, religious boundaries. Scientists are among the most nomadic people of today’s world. It’s been thriving for almost three centuries, going from a secluded group of eccentric peers (working outside and sometimes against the universities) to a

Discussion on the right to keep fire arms versus the right to forbid fire arms. (CADI, February 13, 2009, 16:00)

Last year, the Supreme Court of Justice made a decision against the restriction imposed by the authority in the District of Columbia regarding the possession of fire arms. Beyond the American constitutional dispute (see R. Posner In Defense of Looseness) what are the arguments for getting a licence to hold fire arms? Is there any

Philosophical discussion on trust in the web technology and the web platform (CADI, February 6, 2009, 16:00)

The web technology is at its peak. On one hand there are consistent demand for mechanisms to build confidence in the web architecture, in its services, and among users, and on the other, there is the danger of centralization, stagnation, homogeneity. One of the fundamental traits of the web technology is flexibility. The web is

Student-Teacher Love Affairs (December 19, 2008 workshop)

Let us suppose we are in the board of directors of an autonomous university. Is there any rule that should be set in place regarding love affairs between professors and students? If so, how to be managed? But what about companies and the affairs between employers and employees? Does the lack of university autonomy change