Operation of mental schemes include schemes for gathering information, comparing and evaluating (assessing) the value and reliability, integration and formulation (by inference) of social judgments. In all these steps can occur distortion. At the level of knowledge everyday, people tend to...

If for the ancient Greeks, in the Pandora's box was left only hope, the Christians understand that God is good. For modern rationalism initiated by Descartes, the existential abyss and evil are open only by human through their intellect sufficiency, and by the passion that surpasses them. Evil...

The metaphor of gift (“the gift of life”) has represented a dominant topic in transplantation ethics. It is based on the act of donating altruistically an organ, either after one’s death, or during one’s life. However, taking into account the current organ shortage, the idea of gift and...

In reality modeling rely on the knowledge that we have, whether they are real or imaginary, naive or sophisticated, our mental models are often constructed on fragmentary information, based on a partial understanding of what is happening and naive psychology. Most research on mental modeling...

The imposition of the neo-liberal agenda in the school system is a difficult entity. It requires new systems of control. These are particularly important in relation to the development of a more decentralised system of schools. This article examines how to exercise control over a more...

The barbarism cannot be defined within the parameters which were slightly seen in the text books and in the tomes of antique, medieval or modern history philosophy. As well, the barbarism does not present the same tough consistency which can maintain its anti-cultural character, contrary to...

Apart from the practical problems that we are faced with in the case of organ donation, there lay a series of terminological issues in need of a thorough clarification. Recently, the ELPAT group on living donors (Ethical, Legal and Psychological Aspects of Organ Transplantation) has proposed a...

The researches carried out in the last two decades and a half on the philosophical works of Lucian Blaga have pointed out the exceptional importance of his epistemology, theory of knowledge and philosophy of science. All these fields are both traits of singularity for Blaga’s metaphysical...

The measures of reforming the educational system brought additional pressure on the educators that work in kindergartens with prolonged program in Iasi, not to mention the stress caused by the huge number of children and lack of places and space in kindergarten. In order to highlight the...

One of the problems which judicial system is facing nowadays is determined by the detainees’ abuse of the right to petition. The right to petition is recognized and guaranteed both by the national and international law. Using the right to petition, detainees make various requests, which it...