In the contemporary legal and political debate a large space is taken by the concept of ‘reasonableness’
as a multifaceted notion. Its plasticity makes it very adaptable to the variety of …

The debate between liberals and communitarians has still left liberalism without a plausible
ethics. The ethics of character wants to offer a solid connection between political theory and …

Reasonableness is a concept that has gained widespread influence in recent decades, in
both common law and civil law (Atienza 1987, 189–200; Spadaro and La Torre 2002). 1 Since …

In contemporary society, as in classical Greece, we need citizens that deliberate well both for
themselves and for society overall. Different competitors contend about the right principles …

Reasonableness is a complex notion recently developed by legal and political theorists. John
Rawls’s famous proposal of ‘reasonableness as reciprocity’ requires careful testing in the …

An approach founded on virtue ethics has gradually found its way in business ethics (BE).
Despite the field be largely dominated by Kantian, utilitarian, and contractualist (Rawlsian) …

The ethical‐political model of the EU needs normative rethinking after the pandemic. Using
Dworkin's ‘thesis of continuity’ between ethics and politics, I argue that a strong model of the …

… Michele Mangini MICHELE MANGINI teaches philosophy of law and political philosophy
at the department of law of the University of Bari, Italy. His main interests of research range …

Background The goal of elective orthopedic surgery is to return patients to their expected
level of activity without an increased incidence of postoperative complications. The first step is …

Is Rawls’s political liberalism so thoroughly aligned with the principle of neutrality that no
space is left for proposals aimed at strengthening a liberal ‘conception of the good’? The …