Ana Fontes, one of Brazil’s most powerful women according to Forbes, comes from a humble, hard- working background. Born in Alagoas, she had overcome many challenges still faced by the country. A fruit her efforts and confidence potential female entrepreneurship, Rede Mulher Empreendedora (RME) [Entrepreneurial Woman Network] was created support their businesses. Since 2019, Instituto RME (IRME...

Background: Responsibility is a moral component. Liability usually arises from liability, according to which the person is legally liable for the damage he or she has caused to another. One of the most important parts of civil law is civil liability, and since the main purpose of civil liability rules is to compensate for material and moral damages and to repair the damage, the government is no...

The sociology of knowledge can provide another tool for the scholar's workbench as he or she attempts to disclose the deeper meanings of an ancient document. Writers such as Peter Berger, Clifford Geertz, Thomas Luckmann, Karl Mannheim, and Alfred Schutz (note particularly the works cited in the bibliography} have outlined the ways in which people gather and transmit knowledge (or traditions), ...

In this paper I offer a defense of the view that judges should decide cases in accordance with act utilitarianism: i.e., in whatever way maximizes overall well-being. To advance this thesis, I first briefly give reasons for dissatisfaction with the commonsense thought that judges should just decide cases as the law requires. I then briefly argue for the claim that all moral agents, including ju...

Increased understanding of how the well-being of the fetus is affected by prenatal behavior has focused attention on the ethical issues surrounding fetuses. In this article the sources of societal disapproval of drug-abusing, pregnant women are explored, and the relationship between our moral judgments and public policies is discussed. In examining the nature of a pregnant woman’s obligation to...