Scalzo, Germán
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Scalzo, Germán
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Scalzo Molina, Germán Roberto
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Scalzo, Germán Roberto
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Autonomous Self and Inter-Processual Self: Two Ways of Explaining How People “See” and Live Relationships and the Resulting Dialogue Between Science and Faith

2019 , Orón, José Víctor , Akrivou, Kleio , Scalzo, Germán

The relationship between science and faith is not a given, nor is it objectively defined, but rather depends on personal ways of approaching this relationship. Accordingly, it can be lived as a conflict, i.e. as agency striving to master independent and separate domains or as a process of dialogue or an integral relationship. In this chapter, we suggest that adopting one stance or the other depends on factors that go beyond the rational assessment that a person makes of science or faith. To explain the perspective that people adopt, cross-disciplinary theoretical insights relevant to human beings and their development are decisive. Based on previous research consolidating several theoretical proposals across a diverse disciplinary orientation (mainly philosophy, psychology and neuroscience), we suggest that there are two contrasting paradigms for conceiving of the self and human development, namely, the autonomous self (AS) and the inter-processual self (IPS) (Akrivou K, Orón JV: Challenges of capitalism for virtue and the common good: Inter-disciplinary perspectives. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2016). We purport here that, depending on which of these two corresponding backgrounds characterises the person, people will ‘see’ and live the relationship—dialogue between science and faith—differently.© 2022 Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Part of Springer Nature.

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Management education and interpersonal growht: a humanist transcendental-personalist perspective

2022 , Akrivou, Kleio , Fernadez Gonzalez, Manuel Joaquín , Scalzo, Germán , Murcio Rodriguez, Ricardo

This chapter critically addresses the direction toward which management education (ME) should evolve in the future. Drawing from transcendental personalist anthropology, it explores what constitutes us as human beings and argues that future ME should address students’ moral selfhood and their disposition toward interpersonal growth to construct a better future with others. After a critical exploration of current humanist proposals in ME and their philosophical bases, we argue for a renewal of anthropological foundations of humanistic ME in light of three personalist principles: (1) the person's intimacy and dignity, (2) the transcendence of human beings, who grow as persons through free and caring interpersonal relations, and (3) a view of human action as the manifestation of the person's intimacy and transcendence, and as her arena for interpersonal, virtuous development. The last section explains how these three personal dimensions could be addressed in future ME, namely by fostering future managers’ moral selfhood through self-reflection, by proposing an interpersonal pedagogy of the gift, and by promoting personalist practical wisdom. These practices constitute possible paths toward renewed ethical management education that goes beyond traditional “know-what” and “know-how” content to include ethically informed “know-why” and “know-for-whom” knowledge. Ultimately, they facilitate future managers’ disposition for interpersonal growth. © Chinnapong and 2022 selection and editorial matter, Martin R. Fellenz, Sabine Hoidn, and Mairead Brady; individual chapters, the contributors.

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Whose work? Which markets? Rethinking work and markets in light of virtue ethics

2022 , Pinto-Garay, Javier , Scalzo, Germán , Schlag, Martin

Neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics applied to work and business theory have received increasing attention due to Alasdair MacIntyre's philosophy. At the same time, this approach has been accused of being inapplicable, a romantic nostalgia for an ideal world far from the reality of today's markets. Moreover, the more this theory evolves, the bigger the gap seems to become, as if good work were at odds with its economic dimension. This paper aims to address this gap by explaining how MacIntyre's neo-Aristotelianism conceives of the economic dimension of good work. In particular, we claim that it is consistent with MacIntyre's philosophy that said economic dimension of work can be defined in terms of excellence and virtue, particularly in accordance with the virtues of justice and unity of life. However, for these virtues of good work to be practicable, a reconsideration of market practices performed under the logic of giving and receiving is needed. Hence, defining and sustaining an economic dimension of good work in MacIntyre also depend on the possibility of market practices being defined as excellent.

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Trabajo, don, cultura y economía: hacia un nuevo enfoque del problema económico

2020 , Martínez-Echeverría y Ortega, Miguel Alfonso , Scalzo, Germán

The recent recovery of the notion of gift has highlighted the importance of human life’s cultural dimension, contributing to the configuration of an economical approach based on a more robust and realistic anthropology that revolves around human sociability, sustained in the family, rather than the individual. The transformation of nature that takes place would not be possible without man’s ability to discover the possibilities that are hidden within nature itself, and that man makes clear through the contribution of his work with which he activates the most valuable elements of his act of being, namely his freedom, his ability to know and love. From an anthropological approach to economics, this work contributes to the reflection on the foundations and meaining of the economic activity. © 2020 Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Servicio de Publicaciones. All rights reserved.

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Melé Carné, D. (2020). Valor humano y cristiano del trabajo. Enseñanzas de S. Juan Pablo II. EUNSA. Colección Astrolabio Economía y Empresa. 384 pp.

2022 , Scalzo, Germán

La reflexión sobre el trabajo ha estado presente en la filosofía desde sus orígenes, aunque no ha estado exenta de limitaciones, reduccionismos y prejuicios que no hacen justicia a esta realidad tan importante para la vida del hombre. En efecto, como ha señalado la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia (DSI) desde sus inicios, el trabajo ocupa una posición central en la cuestión social y se fundamenta en la verdad sobre el hombre. A pesar del esfuerzo moderno de la teoría económica por basar la reflexión sobre la actividad económica en un agente universal y abstracto —que, aunque con variantes, podría resumirse en el paradigma del homo oeconomicus—, en los últimos años se ha puesto de manifiesto que dicha reflexión es estéril si no se fundamenta en una concepción antropológica realista y verdadera. Este ha sido precisamente el objetivo fundacional de la DSI: profundizar en la verdad sobre el hombre para ofrecer elementos de reflexión, criterios de juicio y directrices de acción que puedan guiar a la razón práctica para contribuir al bien común. En lo que respecta específicamente al trabajo, la aportación de san Juan Pablo II (JP II) ha sido fundamental, y el libro que aquí se reseña es fruto de varias décadas de reflexión sobre este tema que ha captado la atención del autor —profesor emérito del IESE Business School— de manera singular desde el inicio de su fructífera carrera en el ámbito académico de la ética empresarial. Derechos de autor 2022 Tópicos, Revista de Filosofía

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A personalist approach to business ethics: New perspectives for virtue ethics and servant leadership

2022 , Scalzo, Germán , Akrivou, Kleio , Fernández González, Manuel Joaquín

This article has a twofold purpose: first, it explores how Leonardo Polo's personalist anthropology enriches and enhances neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics and second, it highlights how this specific personalist approach brings new perspectives to servant leadership. The recently revived neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics tradition finds that MacIntyre's scholarship significantly contributes to virtue ethics in business—particularly his conception of practices, institutions, and internal/external goods. However, we argue that some of his latest insights about the virtues of acknowledged dependence and human vulnerability remain underdeveloped because of the underlying anthropology that neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics relies on. To overcome this limitation, we introduce Polo's transcendental anthropology as a possible foundation of a personalist approach that enriches virtue ethics. To do so, we address how transcendental anthropology can enrich two central aspects of virtue ethics, namely (1) the understanding of human beings and their flourishing and (2) the relationship of virtue to praxis and human work. Finally, to address the practical implications for business leadership and work that can derive from assuming transcendental anthropology, we address how servant leadership acquires a new perspective in light of this personalism and its logic of gift, highlighting interpersonal self-giving as a way of service. © Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility

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Rebuilding the Temple of Graces: Gift-giving as the Foundation of Care

2018 , Scalzo, Germán , Moreno Almárcegui, Antonio , Padilla Lavin, Maria de los Angeles

The concept of "care" has recently emerged to expand the idea of rationality in economics, introducing insights that have traditionally been restricted to the so-called third sector (non-profit), and, as a result, questioning mainstream economics. This article is based on the thesis that the development and functionality of the market and the state are a result of something previous, i.e., the presence of the gift in social relations. The idea of the gift is related with charis, which is at the root of care and is in addition closely related to the religious concepts of grace and charity. In order to show that this notion was present in the Western classical tradition- from Aristotle to Scholastic thought-this article traces the foundation and evolution of money through the lens of social interaction in terms of friendship and fraternity. Finally, it suggests that a social order based exclusively on contractual exchange relations is a consequence of an interpretation of the gift as a pure and generous gesture without the moral obligation of reciprocity. In opposition to that thesis, critics of modern economics, including feminist and Catholic thinkers, come together to defend the superiority of gift over contract, that is to say, of distributive over commutative justice. © 2018 OEconomia. All rights reserved.

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Applying the Contemplative Technopedagogy Framework: Insights for Teaching Ethics Using TV Series

2021 , Shanks, Justin D. , Scalzo, Germán , Nicolás Gavilán, María Teresa

Digital media and technology are nearly ubiquitious in contemporary higher education, As such, researchers and educators are keen to identify best practices and understand impacts. Digital media and technology present opportunities to cultivate interactive, creative teaching-learning communities. However, inclusion of digital media and technology in a course does not necessarily cultivate creative engagement or deep reflection among students. This manuscript studies how a contemplative approach to teaching with digital media, specifically TV series, can lead to more effective and engaging in the process of teaching professional ethics. This research explores how the Contemplative Technopedagogy Framework can enrich the use of TV series for teaching professional ethics and positively influence the effective integration of ethical behavior into university students’ future professional lives. © 2021, NeilsonJournals Publishing. All rights reserved.

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Person-centered leadership : the practical idea as a dynamic principle for ethical leadership

2021 , Murcio, Ricardo , Scalzo, Germán

In search of ethical conceptual frameworks that are applicable to the practical reality of companies, ethical leadership has recently gained ground in Business Ethics scholarship as a broad umbrella under which to fit both normative and descriptive approaches to management. This article delves into Carlos Llano's seminal studies in the field, and his rediscovery of the “practical idea” as a dynamic principle for integrating the practice of management and ethical leadership in light of a realistic personalism. Llano was one of the first authors to study the firm from a humanistic, people-centered perspective as a “community or people,” and his view of practical wisdom is an effort to integrate this intellectual virtue with human will by offering a personalist open dynamism that is at the center of all relationships at work, allowing those involved to grow therein. Hence, his notion of the practical idea is his most original contribution to the promotion of managerial action as a catalyst for person-centered leadership. © Copyright © 2021 Murcio and Scalzo.

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La Escuela de Salamanca según José Barrientos : origen, difusión e impacto intelectual en Europa (Siglos XVI al XVIII)

2020 , Scalzo, Germán , Moreno Almárcegui, Antonio

Existe en la actualidad un renovado interés por la Escuela de Salamanca, así como una gran diversidad de opiniones acerca de su definición y alcance. Este artículo realiza un análisis sistemático de los autores propuestos por José Barrientos en su Repertorio de moral económica (1536-1670): la Escuela de Salamanca y su proyección (EUNSA, 2011), pertenecientes a los siglos XVI a XVIII. A partir del estudio de la información provista por Barrientos –los años de edición de las obras, lugares de publicación, la variación en los autores citados, las órdenes religiosas a las que pertenecen y las temáticas centrales tratadas– se pretende contribuir a la comprensión del auge y decadencia de la escuela, así como su importancia en la historia económica y política de Occidente. Encontramos en ella el primer intento de configurar, desde la tradición bajomedieval y el humanismo renacentista, un pensamiento especializado y sistemático en torno a los problemas económicos y sociales. ©2020 Instituto Teológico de Cáceres, Universidad de Extremadura. All rights reserved.

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