2019

Promoting Digital Child Dignity From Concept to Action, From 2017 to 2019

On the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, representatives of the United Arab Emirates ... Read all

Faith, Ethics and Science for Happiness and Wellbeing

Since the teachings of Confucius, Plato, Aristotle, Buddha, Hebrew prophets, and Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, the quest for Beatitudo (Eudaimonia gr.), or human flourishing, ... Read all

Intergenerational Leadership for Sustainable Development

Symposium, 16 October 2019 - Youth leaders have an important role to play in instilling the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Climate Agreement, and Pope Francis' ... Read all

Dignity and the Future of Work

“Nor shall we allow the charm of success to seduce us, or we shall be like a foolish traveler who is so distracted by the pleasant meadows through which he is passing that he ... Read all

Pan-American Judges' Summit on Social Rights and Franciscan Doctrine

As Aristotle states at the beginning of the Nicomachean Ethics: ‘To say however that the Supreme Good is happiness will probably appear a truism; we still require a more explicit ... Read all

Robotics, AI, and Humanity: Science, Ethics, and Policy

Recent advances in machine learning (commonly referred to as artificial intelligence – AI), and robotics have elicited widespread debate over their benefits and drawbacks for ... Read all

Nation, State, Nation-State

The world is facing today a growing threat of nationalist revival. Exclusivist national ideology leads to mutual rejection and enduring conflicts. Yet humanity has learned from its ... Read all