Scientia Moralitas Conference Proceedings
Scientia Moralitas Conference Proceedings
Contributor(s): Ioan-Gheorghe Rotaru (Editor)
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Social Sciences, Economy, Education, Business Economy / Management, Sociology, Theology and Religion, Higher Education , Economic development, Biblical studies
Published by: Scientia Moralitas Research Institute
Summary/Abstract: These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the Scientia Moralitas Conference held online on April 18-19, 2021. The objective of this conference is to promote multidisciplinary research on ethics, social sciences, and humanities, and stimulate dialogue on current issues affecting the real world.
- E-ISBN-13: 978-1-945298-43-1
- Page Count: 173
- Publication Year: 2021
- Language: English
Generation Post-COVID-19: The Time for Anti-Economics Has Come: Health, Minimalism and Rest
Generation Post-COVID-19: The Time for Anti-Economics Has Come: Health, Minimalism and Rest
(Generation Post-COVID-19: The Time for Anti-Economics Has Come: Health, Minimalism and Rest)
- Author(s):Julia M. Puaschunder
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law, Economic development
- Page Range:1-7
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:Behavioral economics; Business; Coronavirus; COVID-19; Crisis;
- Summary/Abstract:: This paper makes the heterodox economic case of missing attention to health, minimization and rest in business, finance and economics. The COVID-19 pandemic has been addressed as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to a Great Reset. Started at the end of 2019, COVID-19 has been spreading around the world for over a year by now and no clear end is foreseeable yet. While vaccination and medication opportunities to cure the disease have improved impressively and steadily, the COVID-19 healthcare crisis also entails around 10 to over 30% of previously COVID-infected to be suffering from long haul symptoms. While our first understanding of post-COVID infection long haul symptoms, impetus and cure is still missing, there is hardening evidence that the newly emerging Generation COVID-19 Long Haulers may comprise of 0.3-1.659 billion previously infected with recurrent symptoms of fatigue, headaches and breathing problems as well as a set of debilitating memory fog and emotional distress. With this generation of COVID-19 Long Haulers, who are by around 70-75% female and of a median age in their 30s and 40s, a dramatic shift to demand for health, minimalism and rest is predicted to emerge. Neoclassical ideas of business, finance and economic research have a limited understanding of health. Maximization pledges of productivity driven industries in business, finance and economics do not account for minimalism. Foremost behavioral economics started to address cognitive overload and decision-making failures in a too complex world. There is no appreciation for rest in finance and economics. All these trends of attention to health, minimalism and rest the COVID-19 Long Haulers generation may change lastingly.
Positioning Prospective Teachers’ Examination of the Hidden Curriculum: A Critical Literacy Context
Positioning Prospective Teachers’ Examination of the Hidden Curriculum: A Critical Literacy Context
(Positioning Prospective Teachers’ Examination of the Hidden Curriculum: A Critical Literacy Context)
- Author(s):Lorenzo Cherubini
- Language:English
- Subject(s):School education, Inclusive Education / Inclusion
- Page Range:8-12
- No. of Pages:5
- Keywords:critical literacy; prospective teacher development;
- Summary/Abstract:The presentation discusses the first part of a multi-dimensional study including an innovative instructional strategy to further prospective teachers’ understanding of critical literacy. In a third-year undergraduate concurrent Education course of study, prospective teachers collaborate in small groups to produce a video presentation that examines the implications of a case-based dilemma (the course is delivered in Problem-Based model that includes a social-constructivist approach to learning). As a component of the video analysis, prospective teachers are required to consider the institutional dimensions of the hidden curriculum that potentially socializes secondary school students into dominant socio-political ideologies. The presentation will discuss how the video analyses assignment fosters prospective teachers’ understanding of culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP). It will detail how CPR can be envisioned differently by prospective teachers. The instructional strategy invites prospective teachers to think reflectively about how they will encourage secondary school students to be more critical of the socio-political implications of schooling and society. In the context of critical literacy, the instructional strategy fosters prospective teachers’ examination of how CRP can successfully expose secondary school students to the dominant ideologies and inequities that often contribute to the continued marginalization of certain groups in education and beyond.
How Compatible Is the Statutory Child Vaccination Duty with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights?
How Compatible Is the Statutory Child Vaccination Duty with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights?
(How Compatible Is the Statutory Child Vaccination Duty with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights?)
- Author(s):Titus Corlăţean
- Language:English
- Subject(s):International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Health and medicine and law, EU-Legislation
- Page Range:13-19
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:childhood vaccination; compulsory; private life; human rights;
- Summary/Abstract:On April 8, 2021, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) adopted a first judgment on compulsory childhood vaccination. This judgment, adopted by a clear majority (sixteen votes to one) in the case of Vavřička and Others v. the Czech Republic, established that the general legal duty consecrated in Czech Republic to vaccinate children against a number of diseases well known to medical science does not violate article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as requested by the applicants. In the above-mentioned case, the first applicant, according to the Czech legislation, was fined for the failure to respect the vaccination duty for his two children, the other applicants being all denied the admission of their children to preschool for the same reason. Following its constant case law in relation with article 8, the ECtHR examined the issues of the State interference in the right to respect for private life, the legitimate aims pursued by the Czech authorities in protecting health, the margin of appreciation of the State and the proportionality principle. The Court reached the conclusion that in striking the particular balance between the need to respect the right to private life and the legitimate aim to safeguard the health of young children and the community, respectively, the Czech authorities had not exceeded both the recognized margin of appreciation for a State when adopting measures regarded as “necessary in a democratic society” and the principle of proportionality.
Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice
(Environmental Justice)
- Author(s):Julia M. Puaschunder
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Energy and Environmental Studies, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Socio-Economic Research
- Page Range:20-26
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:Climate Bonds; Climate Change; Economics of the Environment;
- Summary/Abstract:This article proposed three innovative and heterodox ways to aid understanding and unleashing a sustainable economy in Three Essays on Environmental Justice: First, behavioral insights are presented about real-world relevant, easily-implementable nudges to steer human into future-oriented discounting. Second, macroeconomic modelling highlights countries’ different economic prospects on a warming globe in order to find a redistribution of benefits and burdens of climate change to share the gains and losses of a warming globe equally within society, between countries and over time. Third, a creative financialization strategy is introduced in bonds that help weight the burden of climate change more equally between today’s and tomorrow’s society.
C-TPAT and Supply Chain Effectiveness
C-TPAT and Supply Chain Effectiveness
(C-TPAT and Supply Chain Effectiveness)
- Author(s):Stephen Sullivan, Diana Garza
- Language:English
- Subject(s):International Law, Security and defense, Law on Economics
- Page Range:27-32
- No. of Pages:5
- Keywords:C-TPAT; supply chain security; efficiency; performance;
- Summary/Abstract:There have been many unprecedented changes in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program in the 18-years of its existence. C-TPAT is a layer in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) multi-layered cargo enforcement strategy. C-TPAT program is a partnership program focused on cargo security made possible through close cooperation with international supply chain stakeholders. The efficiency of supply chains directly impacts supply chain disruptions, operational waste due to operating inefficiency, and revenue loss. This research will gather data on the benefits of C-TPAT and how this program focuses on supply chain risks ranging from cybersecurity to terrorism financing, supply chain safety, and supply chain efficiency. Supply chain efficiency is paramount in moving cargo from one point to another and achieving sustainable competitive advantage. A partnership with C-TPAT offers greater control over security implementation, reduced transaction costs, reduced inspections, and expedited shipment processing. Such a process can potentially increase business security performance and overall firm performance.
The Impact of International Migration on sub-Saharan African Women to the Middle East
The Impact of International Migration on sub-Saharan African Women to the Middle East
(The Impact of International Migration on sub-Saharan African Women to the Middle East)
- Author(s):Estella Achinko
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Gender Studies, Migration Studies, Labour and Social Security Law
- Page Range:33-41
- No. of Pages:8
- Keywords:Domestic labor; Gender; International Migration;
- Summary/Abstract:Recently, there has been a surge in female immigration from Africa to the Middle East, joining the global movement of migrants, while, constituting the dangers and feminist dilemmas posed by the rise in African women’s migration. Sub-Saharan African women face challenges as labor migrants in the process of leaving their home countries to the Middle East in search for job opportunities and to better their lives and families. At the center of these challenges have involved extreme dehumanization through slave labor, human trafficking, sexual exploitation while impacting their psychological and mental well being. This study analyzes the various factors that affect the migration and employment of sub-Saharan African women domestic workers in the Middle East, based on both pull and push factors. The work further examines and shows how gender inequalities play a role in shaping women’s experiences in migration, and how States/governments in both the Middle East and Africa remain complicit in worsening women’s migratory experiences through laws that are being established. This empirical based and theoretical discussion exposes the experiences of sub-Saharan African women through a transnational feminist lens and analysis. Also, it leads to a larger based discussion on transnational feminism and how we can construct a transnational platform that draws attention to the relationship between globalization and the international division of gendered labor. My overarching goal through this study is to draw attention to pursuing and expanding our discussions on feminist migration studies through diverse perspectives that are directed towards the empowerment of women in Africa in particular, and around the world in general.
Analysis of Central Public Administration Institutions in Voivodeship of Transylvania
Analysis of Central Public Administration Institutions in Voivodeship of Transylvania
(Analysis of Central Public Administration Institutions in Voivodeship of Transylvania)
- Author(s):Marilena Marin
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Civil Law, Governance, Public Administration, Culture and social structure
- Page Range:42-50
- No. of Pages:9
- Keywords:public administration; institution; congregation; medieval era;
- Summary/Abstract:The present paper proposes the analysis of the institutions of the central public administration in Transylvania, in the voivodeship period. The topic was a researched one by different categories of professionals, and the analysis of these institutions had some peculiarities, depending on the area of study. Thus, historians have analyzed this topic in terms of historical events, the emergence and succession over time of public administration institutions at the central level. The lawyers studied the appearance and evolution of the legal norms that regulated the appearance and activity of public administration institutions. Economists have researched public administration institutions from an economic perspective. In our turn, we intend to analyze these institutions of the central public administration from an interdisciplinary perspective, to observe the particularities of the institutions in relation to the Transylvanian form of organization, both during the voivodship. The purpose for which we started to develop this paper is to share opinions with professionals from different fields, in connection with the topic we have established, and to improve the public administration system, learning from the experience of past eras.
Re-examining the Impact of Remittances on Human Development: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Re-examining the Impact of Remittances on Human Development: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
(Re-examining the Impact of Remittances on Human Development: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa)
- Author(s):Mohammed Umar
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Social development, Economic development
- Page Range:51-60
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:Brain drain; Generalized Method of Moments;
- Summary/Abstract:Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to lose its skilled workers through migration in a form of brain drain. In return remittances from these migrant workers to the region have been surging and now constitute a major external source of finance. Do these increasing inflow of remittances contribute to human development? This paper examines the impact of remittances on human development in 30 SSA countries using the system Generalized Method of Moments (sGMM) approach for the period 2004-2018. The empirical results show that remittance inflows impact positively on human development in SSA. Based on the empirical results, it is imperative for SSA countries to have a clear-cut policy framework and strategies on migration to attract, increase and harness the full benefit of remittances.
The Deontology of Social Worker Assistant in Romania
The Deontology of Social Worker Assistant in Romania
(The Deontology of Social Worker Assistant in Romania)
- Author(s):Georgeta Stoica-Marcu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Economic development, Human Resources in Economy, Labour and Social Security Law
- Page Range:61-63
- No. of Pages:3
- Keywords:deontology; social worker assistant; social worker;
- Summary/Abstract:The Law no 292/2011 of social assistance framework law recognizes the profession of social worker assistant has a protected field and clearly described in the article 47 paragraph 1 “The initial evaluation and the intervention plan are made by the social assistant worker” after continue to the article 121 paragraph 1 “in the field of social assistance activates social worker assistants, other professionals in social assistance, as well as staff with various professions, qualifications and skills, but in paragraph 2 from the same article”. The social assistance staff in accordance with the status of the profession and in accordance with the provisions of the Labor Code, as well as other legal provisions by case. According to the Deontological Code no 1/December 14, 2007 of the social worker assistant, profession and based on the provisions of the article 27 (a) from The Law no 466/2004 of the Status of the social worker assistants in Romania establishes the obligatory norms of deontology represents a set of norms, rules, prescriptions and dispositions conduct of the social worker assistant, as well as members of the National College of Social Worker Assistants in Romania.
Providing Material and Financial Resources for the Social Reintegration Process
Providing Material and Financial Resources for the Social Reintegration Process
(Providing Material and Financial Resources for the Social Reintegration Process)
- Author(s):Dorian CHIRIȚĂ
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Penology, Public Finances, Human Resources in Economy
- Page Range:64-69
- No. of Pages:6
- Keywords:national legislation; the phenomenon of overcrowding; human resources; financial resources;
- Summary/Abstract:Compliance with Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, ie the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment, entails, inter alia, the provision of appropriate conditions of detention. In order to be considered as suitable conditions for the accommodation of persons deprived of their liberty, it is necessary to ensure, in an optimal way, an accommodation capacity according to the number of detainees in the respective detention rooms, as well as decent material conditions. As regards the Romanian penitentiary system, it has undergone numerous legislative changes recently, in line with the imperative to comply with European and international standards in the field and has resulted in an improvement in the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty and conditions of detention, as well as the increase of the institutional capacity, so that it can be seen that at present the cases in which Romania is condemned to Cedo are more and more rare.
Artificial Intelligence and China’s Grand Strategy
Artificial Intelligence and China’s Grand Strategy
(Artificial Intelligence and China’s Grand Strategy)
- Author(s):Leo S. F. Lin
- Language:English
- Subject(s):National Economy, Economic development
- Page Range:70-77
- No. of Pages:8
- Keywords:Artificial intelligence; China dream;
- Summary/Abstract:This paper offers a preliminary study analyzing the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the People’s Republic of China’s grand strategy. This paper examines the discourse on the role of artificial intelligence in China and how it fits into China’s grand strategy policies. Particularly, this paper will focus on three grand strategy themes: leader’s perception, grand strategy means, and grand strategy ends. China’s evolving national interests and strategic ideas are the central concern for its grand strategy. Beijing has the most ambitious AI strategy of all nations and provides the most resources for AI development. Since 2017, the development of AI has become part of China’s grand strategy plans settings out goals to build a domestic artificial intelligence industry. The AI sector has turned into a national priority which was included in President Xi Jinping’s grand vision for China. China’s goals are to make the country “the world’s premier artificial intelligence innovation center for AI” by 2030. Ultimately, AI will foster a new national leadership and establish the key fundamentals for great economic power. There are many AI applications in several grand strategy means, including military and economic policies. This paper uses a qualitative content analysis method to examine the case. Data was collected from Chinese leaders’ speeches, government statements, official publications, and Chinese state media. This paper concludes that AI will become one of the key components in China’s grand strategy means, including economic, military, and intelligence capabilities. By promoting AI technology, China’s grand strategy ends are to maintain national power, national face, and international reputations.
European Union’s Struggle with Tax Havens and Profit Drain
European Union’s Struggle with Tax Havens and Profit Drain
(European Union’s Struggle with Tax Havens and Profit Drain)
- Author(s):Narciz Bălăşoiu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Business Economy / Management, EU-Legislation
- Page Range:78-83
- No. of Pages:6
- Keywords:European Union; tax avoidance; profit shifting;
- Summary/Abstract:The issue of corporate taxation applied in the jurisdiction in which a company operates has recently received increasing political traction, as tax havens have increasingly drawn attention and also as multinationals have developed colossal turnovers, far above the GDPs of less developed countries. Tax havens deprive of billions of dollars many states that have not established through adequate legislation an assertive fiscal control, generating and fueling social inequities and a high degree of poverty. By funneling money through tax havens to avoid the payment of taxes and fees, multinationals deprive national governments of large sums of money that could be directed to education or health programs.
Dutch Curse on Indonesia: The Morality of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Loan Projects
Dutch Curse on Indonesia: The Morality of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Loan Projects
(Dutch Curse on Indonesia: The Morality of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Loan Projects)
- Author(s):Muhammad Amir Ingratubun
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Business Economy / Management, Economic development
- Page Range:139-149
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:Dutch disease; Dutch curse; disbursement delays;
- Summary/Abstract:Natural Resources Curse, known as Dutch Disease, is because of capital inflow which promotes increase growth and employment level. Indonesia suffers from Dutch Disease working in reverse because of capital outflow, increase unemployment and poverty, and growth retardations from its borrowing from the ADB. I termed this as Dutch Curse because of the colonial connection the Indonesian and Dutch have since the early 17th century. The Dutch Curse is constantly inflicting Indonesia since 1969 because of ADB loans and their disbursement conditionalities. To resolve these issues, it takes more than just the realignment of Indonesia and ADB cooperation, but also moral responsibility and conscious awareness.
Legislative and Jurisprudential Considerations Regarding the Restriction of the Free Movement of Goods on the EU Internal Market from the Viewpoint of Public Health Protection
Legislative and Jurisprudential Considerations Regarding the Restriction of the Free Movement of Goods on the EU Internal Market from the Viewpoint of Public Health Protection
(Legislative and Jurisprudential Considerations Regarding the Restriction of the Free Movement of Goods on the EU Internal Market from the Viewpoint of Public Health Protection)
- Author(s):Cristina-Luiza Erimia
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law, Migration Studies, Globalization
- Page Range:84-87
- No. of Pages:4
- Keywords:public health, European internal market;
- Summary/Abstract:In the context of a globalized economy, a functioning internal market of goods is an essential component of the current and future prosperity of the European Union. Taking into account that the harmonized legislation of the European Union has enshrined the principle of free movement of goods in concrete terms and for specific products, such as, for example, medicinal products, this article examines the restrictions and prohibitions which, even if raise barriers to free trade, they defend important objectives, such as human health. In the context of the current major global developments, the article aims to analyze how the reasons justifying the limiting of the free movement of goods, imposed by the principle of precaution for reasons of environmental and human health protection, have been used over time. In all EU policies, the concept of public health is inextricably linked to sustainable development and the effective protection of the health and life of citizens cannot be conceived without the greening of free movement of goods, more and more visible in recent years. At the same time, new innovative products and technical progress involve new challenges, and a national regulatory framework that ignores these developments may soon become an obstacle to cross-border trade.
Impact of the Covid Pandemic on Management Decisions Regarding the Content of Benefits Packages
Impact of the Covid Pandemic on Management Decisions Regarding the Content of Benefits Packages
(Impact of the Covid Pandemic on Management Decisions Regarding the Content of Benefits Packages)
- Author(s):Oana Horhogea
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, EU-Legislation
- Page Range:150-155
- No. of Pages:6
- Keywords:management; benefits; pandemic; tools; team;
- Summary/Abstract:The Covid-19 pandemic took us all by surprise, affecting all areas of activity at national and international level. This situation has forced us to change both our private and professional life. Depending on the specificity of the activity carried out by each employee, there were sectors of activity that continued their activity with physical presence, with employees going to work every day, but the vast majority had to adapt to the new conditions of activity. What happened on the labor market in this new situation? There were companies that temporarily suspended their activity and later had to close it, because they could no longer cover expenses during the crisis. There were many cases in which the employees' option was to give up their job, temporarily, with managers being put in a position to find solutions and manage them so as to get over these unwanted events.
Applicability of Link Analysis Software in Intelligence Criminal
Applicability of Link Analysis Software in Intelligence Criminal
(Applicability of Link Analysis Software in Intelligence Criminal)
- Author(s):Cosmin Butură
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Criminal Law, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
- Page Range:89-91
- No. of Pages:3
- Keywords:internet; software; forensics; cybernetics; data analysis;
- Summary/Abstract:The accelerated evolution of technology during all this time has meant for forensic science a bridge from the classic methods of solving cases to modern methods of expertise. Numerous modern forensic identification devices have stormed the field of science in question. The novelty element that represented the beginning of the evolution of technology was the computer, and at the time of its appearance, for forensic specialists, it was a challenge that was determined to be a real success. With the development of the technological field, there is a significant increase in computerized crimes, which could not be controlled and stopped at the same time with the new device, software or program. If yesterday we were working with documents that became archives, where despite the high crime rate, it was equivalent to the rate of solving them. Cybercrime has become a real problem for the authorities, given that documents are stored on servers and they belong to national security, mentioning here about: the personal data of each citizen, financial statistics, military statistics, etc. Disclosing such secrets poses a major risk to national security, and these criminals are called hackers. Against hackers, intelligence forensics have had to find solutions to stop cybercrime in such a short time. One of the modern programs in the software industry is Link Analysis. This program is used for the purpose of discovering valuable knowledge, such as data analysis from the computer systems of the state institutions concerned, namely links to web platforms or civil society. Link Analysis will allow determining their relationship and also will allow the optimization of all search engines (Google, Yahoo, etc.) in the field of medical, forensic or security. Regarding the networking network, the software makes the connection between determining the integrity of the internet connection in each network node and the physical and virtual connections after analyzing the specific data. With the help of this software, forensic specialists will be able to find all the digital blockages, improving the internet network and thus avoiding cyber-attacks.
Ecofeminism: A Study at the Roots of Gender Inequalities
Ecofeminism: A Study at the Roots of Gender Inequalities
(Ecofeminism: A Study at the Roots of Gender Inequalities)
- Author(s):Dipanwita PAL
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Gender Studies, Social differentiation
- Page Range:92-98
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:ecofeminism; value dualism; androcentrism; gender inequalities;
- Summary/Abstract:Ecocriticism is, as put forward by Diamond and Orenstein, ‘a new term for ancient wisdom’. It is a value system that explores the connections between androcentrism and environmental destruction. The theory emerged from various social movements, from both activist and academic fields during the 1980s. Ecofeminism, as a movement, developed from antimilitarist action movement in the United States while founding a political platform for the US Green party. The term was first used by Francoise D’Eaubonne (1980) in her article “Feminism or Death.” From the mid-1970s, ecological critique turned to play a significant role in the women’s movements worldwide.
Generation COVID-19 Long Haulers
Generation COVID-19 Long Haulers
(Generation COVID-19 Long Haulers)
- Author(s):Julia M. Puaschunder
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Social development, Health and medicine and law
- Page Range:99-104
- No. of Pages:5
- Keywords:COVID-19; Crisis; Debilitation; Emotional impairment;
- Summary/Abstract:The COVID-19 pandemic, which started at the end of 2019, has been spreading around the world for over a year by now and no clear end is foreseeable yet. While vaccination and medication opportunities to cure the disease have improved impressively and steadily, the most recent coverage of the crisis features yet another set of devastating news as around 10 to over 30% of previously COVID-infected are estimated to become suffering from long haul symptoms. While our first understanding of post-COVID infection long haul symptoms, impetus and cure is still missing, this article provides a speculative account of the socio-economic impact of the newly emerging Generation COVID-19 Long Haulers. Demographically, COVID Long Haulers will be prevalently arising in a 0.3-1.659 billion Long Haulers strong cohort comprised of around 30-40 years old women at infection facing waves of recurrent symptoms of fatigue, headaches and breathing problems as well as a set of debilitating memory fog and emotional distress. While the causes and long-term lasting effects are unclear and to be investigated in the future, first preliminary results on a potential cure via vaccination and self-help movement has arisen in the age of social media. Facebook Long Hauler groups have leveraged as quick and trusted remedy to understand and provide support during a time when hospitals around the world are still facing a more pressing situation of overloaded emergency care. Future research demands for preventive medical care guided by real-time measurement of health status but also the socio-economics of rest and recovery need to be explored.
The Moral Value of the Patriarchs’ Testament
The Moral Value of the Patriarchs’ Testament
(The Moral Value of the Patriarchs’ Testament)
- Author(s):Ioan-Gheorghe Rotaru
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Biblical studies, Pastoral Theology
- Page Range:105-114
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:blessing; patriarchs; prophet; moral value;
- Summary/Abstract:The blessing of the patriarchs was not a gift from them to their descendants, was not sharing their wealth to their descendants, but the patriarchal blessing represented the gift of God, namely, what God the Creator was transmitting to those children through their father, the patriarch. Thus, the patriarchs, through the blessings offered to their children, look beyond the reality of the nearest timeline, in the future, thus having a future projection over their descendants regarding a place where they would live and a way of life that they would have. Another aspect of patriarchal blessing was the Creator's intention that through the blessing given to Jacob's children, everyone would eventually benefit from these blessings. The patriarchal blessings remained for posterity placed in the book of Christianity, the Holy Scripture, blessings that include a moral ethic, and as long as these precepts were respected, they were generators of peace, tranquility, harmony, happiness and prosperity. Patriarchal blessings also refer to a lifestyle. As long as the mentioned sanitary rules were respected, the people were exempted from a lot of diseases and they were happy. The purpose of the patriarchal blessings, as promised to Abraham, was that in the end the blessings would reverse over the entire world. Abraham was told: "And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed" (Genesis 26: 4).
Creating the Religious Identity and Affiliation in Neo-Protestant Children and Young People in Communist Romania
Creating the Religious Identity and Affiliation in Neo-Protestant Children and Young People in Communist Romania
(Creating the Religious Identity and Affiliation in Neo-Protestant Children and Young People in Communist Romania)
- Author(s):Ciprian Corneliu Ciurea
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Education, Social development, Pastoral Theology
- Page Range:115-124
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:church; neo-Protestant; religious education;
- Summary/Abstract:There is no need to be a specialist in order to be able to see that progress, generally, whether it is the progress of a nation or of a church, is based on education, especially in today’s Romanian society, when the past education makes its flaws obvious in a very clear manner. This is even more visible among young people who, for decades, have been deprived of religious, Christian education, and are now raising serious moral issues.
The Laying Hands, Religion or Social?
The Laying Hands, Religion or Social?
(The Laying Hands, Religion or Social?)
- Author(s):Mihai Stoicescu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Biblical studies, Other Christian Denominations
- Page Range:125-129
- No. of Pages:5
- Keywords:ethics; morality; values; miracles;
- Summary/Abstract:The 21st century will be a religious one or not. The revolutions in the former communist bloc seemed to turn the world into churches and set the tone for bringing religion back to the forefront. A rediscovery of the values of the Christian faith will produce a pure and true religion. One of these values is putting hands. Both Jesus Christ and the apostles were healed, "poured out" the Holy Spirit upon the converts, and consecrated men to the ministry by laying on of hands.
A Miscellaneous Perspective on the Issue of Modernity
A Miscellaneous Perspective on the Issue of Modernity
(A Miscellaneous Perspective on the Issue of Modernity)
- Author(s):Oana Tătaru
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Social development, Sociology of Culture
- Page Range:130-134
- No. of Pages:5
- Keywords:modernity; civilization; chronicle; society;
- Summary/Abstract:The assessment of a concept had constantly been a challenging phase in respect of the precise moment of appearance, all the more as the postulation – modernity- was considered controversial and complex along its entire history. An aspect that had to be mentioned was the fact according to which the idea of modernity could not be conceived but within the parameters of a particular awareness of the time, namely the historic, linear and irreversible one. Modernity would be purposeless if a society had not regarded the temporal-sequential concept of history as representative and organized temporal categories in accordance with a mythical and recurrent pattern. Although the notion of modernity was assimilated almost automatically to secularism, the main corresponding constitutive element had been the sense of unrepeatable time, not compatible with a religious Weltanschauung. The premodern societies highly considered the religious doctrines in contrast to actual realities the public opinion of which did not appear as the prerogative of an educated minority, but a constantly enhanced forum of social communication.
About the Work of Italian Artist Ludwig Longo in Tbilisi (1831-1914)
About the Work of Italian Artist Ludwig Longo in Tbilisi (1831-1914)
(About the Work of Italian Artist Ludwig Longo in Tbilisi (1831-1914))
- Author(s):Lali Osepashvili
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Visual Arts, Vocational Education
- Page Range:135-138
- No. of Pages:4
- Keywords:Ludwig Longo,; Italian Painter; Georgia;
- Summary/Abstract:The main purpose of this paper is to present a well-known Italian artist Ludwig Longo, who was once really active in Tbilisi, to the public life. Unfortunately, he has gradually been forgotten but he left precious heritage. According to this purpose the author of this article, considered to reconstruct Tbilisi passages of Longo’s biography in order to make a famous this painter for modern Georgian and Italian arts historians. Main materials were found by the Fund of New Georgian Art Department of Art Museum, newspaper materials, etc. As a result of this research revealed that L. Longo was deep involved in and have obtained his place in Tbilisi. He mainly was painting portraits, as well he had covered with drawings Tbilisi Saint Trinity Church and Al. Nevelly Military Temple or "Soboro" as it was called.
Mediation Procedure in Case of Crime of Preventing the Freedom to Practice Religion
Mediation Procedure in Case of Crime of Preventing the Freedom to Practice Religion
(Mediation Procedure in Case of Crime of Preventing the Freedom to Practice Religion)
- Author(s):Nicoleta-Elena Heghes
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Criminal Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
- Page Range:156-163
- No. of Pages:8
- Keywords:religious freedom; crime; parties;
- Summary/Abstract:In this article we intend to highlight the particularities of the mediation procedure in the case of crimes of preventing the freedom to practice religion provided in article 381 of the Romanian Criminal Code. Mediation applies in criminal cases concerning offenses for which, according to the law, the withdrawal of the prior complaint or the reconciliation of the parties removes the criminal liability. According to the Criminal Code in force, crime of preventing the freedom to practice religion is one of those crimes that are subject to mediation. Mediation includes two phases: the phase preceding the mediation procedure, in which the parties come to find out about the advantages of mediation. Once they have taken note of this, the parties shall decide whether or not to accept the mediation and shall send the invitation to mediation to the opposing party through the mediator. A second phase is the actual mediation, which can take place in a single session or more, being both joint sessions and separate sessions, depending on the will of the parties. The mediation procedure can be concluded by a mediation agreement, by denouncing the mediation contract or the failure of the mediation is ascertained.
Basic Stages of the Crime Scene Investigation
Basic Stages of the Crime Scene Investigation
(Basic Stages of the Crime Scene Investigation)
- Author(s):Valentina Avramescu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Criminal Law, Criminology
- Page Range:164-169
- No. of Pages:6
- Keywords:scene; forensic investigation;
- Summary/Abstract:In the present paper were analyzed aspects regarding the tactical activity of the crime scene investigation. The purpose is to present, from a procedural point of view, the way of carrying out this activity, the importance of carrying it out, the presentation of the two stages of the research on the spot, including the activities and the way of carrying them out.
The Specificity of the Right to Strike in the Case of Certain Categories of Public Sector Personnel
The Specificity of the Right to Strike in the Case of Certain Categories of Public Sector Personnel
(The Specificity of the Right to Strike in the Case of Certain Categories of Public Sector Personnel)
- Author(s):Narcis Godeanu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Civil Law, Administrative Law
- Page Range:170-173
- No. of Pages:4
- Keywords:rights; freedoms; the right to strike;
- Summary/Abstract:The present study aims to analyze some aspects related to the right to strike regime. We aim to start from the general to the individual, from this right, in its capacity as a fundamental right of employees and continuing with the particularities of manifestation within certain categories of people. These are public sector staff in general and some categories of staff in this sector, in particular. A first approach considers civil servants, which is the most discussed and disputed category in the doctrine of labor law and, respectively, the doctrine of public law. The second approach concerns some civil servants subject to a special status, such as staff in the public order and safety system. Can they exercise their right to strike? If not, why not? If so, to what extent? The usefulness of the theme was determined by what is happening in contemporary reality.
