Full Description
This edited volume provides strategies for reducing inequality and promoting human development through the use of innovative digital technology and the adoption of new bioethical principles for governance. The book is structured around a series of practical proposals which can be adapted to different circumstances, countries, and political systems. Written by an interdisciplinary panel of international researchers and professionals, each chapter details a proposal for a policy—new social technology, Green Deals, robust social assistance—that will move society forward towards a sustainable, digital, and equitable future. Researchers across multiple disciplines--public administration, cognitive technology, E-learning, finance, philosophy of economy, agronomics, forest engineering, bioethics and education—will find this volume a useful reference.
Contents
1. Bioethics of Public Governance: a Strategy Towards the "Reduction of Inequality".- 2. Political Currents and the Democratic Convergence.- 3. Historical, Bioethical and Technical Aspects for the Creation of the Popular Online Forum.- 4. Money to the People: the Challenge of Financing Human Development.- 5. Impact investment and Social Impact Bonds for a Humanist Economy.- 6. Popular Self-Organization and Cooperativism: Towards Economic Democracy and Human Development.- 7. Solidarity Economy and Self-Management: Theoretical Notes and Practical Experiences of Participatory Democracy and Popular Governance.- 8. Indicative Planning and Government Redistribution Policies: A Systemic Continuous Process.- 9. Semiotics of Money: Towards the Governance of Development.- 10. A Public/Private Partnership for the Implementation of a Job Guarantee Program.- 11. A Circular Approach to a Sustainable Economy.- 12. Metabolic Imperative: Deep Gaps in Western Culture Concerning Our Dependence on the Environment.- 13. A Pathway to Benevolence and the Rise of Consciousness in Social Practices.- 14. Wellbeing and Well-living: New Directions in Social Assistance.- 15. A Plea for Rationality: Education and Bioethic Governance.- 16. Economic Complexity in the Information Age: Challenges for Professional Education .- 17. Educational Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Situations of Social Vulnerability.
