Las minorías en una sociedad democrática y pluricultural

Los hechos, las leyes y las posiciones en debate frente a 13 temas de actualidad: nuevas familias, reproducción asistida, alquiler de vientre, aborto, manipulación genética, eutanasia, drogas, alimentos transgénicos, tiranía del cuerpo, egolatría virtual, peligro en las redes, pena permanente revisable, banco de ADN de delincuentes.

Textos escogidos de San Francisco Javier presenta al lector una obra dedicada a la figura de San Francisco Javier como ícono inspirador, el cual encarnó el modo de ser y proceder de la espiritualidad ignaciana, y que hoy en día sigue motivando la misión y visión del servicio javeriano. Por medio de una recopilación de cartas completas y extractos en orden cronológico de Francisco Javier, así como datos y comentarios explicativos, se cuenta la travesía del compañero y discípulo entrañable de San Ignacio de Loyola. El libro tiene como propósito que las palabras del santo y su...

The eleven essays in this volume, supplemented by an editorial introduction, centre around three overlapping problems. First, why would a society want to limit its own sovereign power by imposing constitutional constraints on democratic decision-making? Second, what are the contributions of democracy and constitutions to efficient government? Third, what are the relations among democracy, constitutionalism, and private property? This comprehensive discussion of the problems inherent in constitutional democracy will be of interest to students in a variety of social sciences. It illuminates...

Tao Te Ching is to Taoism what the Bible is to Catholicism, or the Quran to Islam. It is not known for certain when it was written, although many different versions exist. There are even those who doubt that its author was Lao Tsé, venerated today in much of the East. Originally written as instruction for leaders, it is divided into short chapters where the characteristics of Tao are described. An example of balance, harmony, and communion with the natural course of events, "Tao" is a path of self-knowledge that draws the human being closer to wisdom and spiritual completeness. Readers of...