Ethics and Social Welfare in hard times
Friends House 173-177 Euston Road, London , United KingdomChanged landscape of social welfare The landscape of social welfare has changed markedly since the financial crisis of 2008 especially where governments, as in Europe and elsewhere, have actively pursued an austerity agenda. The 10th Anniversary Conference for the journal Ethics and Social Welfare will address stark ethical challenges concerning how best to manage the … Continue reading Ethics and Social Welfare in hard times
Care as Social Action in Urban Migration Contexts
Centrum voor Spiritualiteit Drongenplein 26-27, Drongen / Gent, Belgium'Care and Counselling as Social Action. Interreligious Cooperation in Urban Migration Contexts'. This is the title of the 28th International Seminar on Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counselling. More and more countries are affected by flows of migration. One can speak of an increasing globalisation, differentiation, feminisation and politacalisation of migration. The aim of the Seminar is … Continue reading Care as Social Action in Urban Migration Contexts
Relation, Vulnerability, Love
Theology Faculty Sint-Michielsstraat 4,, Leuven, BelgiumRelation, vulnerability, and love are three concepts we consider important for a theological anthropology in the 21st century. Moreover, it is a trilogy we read in crescendo. That is, the primacy of relationality leads us to understand vulnerability as a universal human condition that is the condition of possibility for both suffering and flourishing. Love … Continue reading Relation, Vulnerability, Love
Ethics of care at Frankfurter Buchmesse!
Frankfurter Buchmesse Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, , Frankfurt am Main, GermanyNew book on care ethics A collection of articles by European care ethicists just came out, published in German by Campus Verlag / Frankfurt am Main: Elisabeth Conradi, Frans Vosman. Praxis der Achtsamkeit. Schlüsselbegriffe der Care-Ethik From Oct. 19-23, 2016 the famous Frankfurter Buchmesse will take place and this book will be presented there. Several … Continue reading Ethics of care at Frankfurter Buchmesse!
(Self-)representation; One for All, All for One?
Alte Mensa Wilhelmsplatz, Göttingen, GermanyOne for All, All for One? A workshop to address ethical, sociological and normative-political questions concerning the assumption that patient organizations (POs) represent a larger group of affected persons and the justification of advocacy by others. On October 20st 2016 the Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine of the University Medical Centre Göttingen … Continue reading (Self-)representation; One for All, All for One?
Master class “Practical wisdom beyond rule obedience”
Jaarbeurs Meetup, Beatrixgebouw Jaarbeursplein, Utrecht, NetherlandsCare, social work and education are not about following the rules. Rules, guide lines, protocols are helpful, but you have to deal with them in a practically wise manner. Andries Baart and Guus Timmerman did thorough research into what general practitioners perceive, consider, assess, weigh, do and evaluate at the bedside of their sick and … Continue reading Master class “Practical wisdom beyond rule obedience”