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PubblicazioneRepresenting and Responding in Legal Judgment: from interpreting the Constitution to Law in the Anthropocene(EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2026)This article discusses the philosophy of legal judgment that Alessio Lo Giudice has developed in his recent book Il dramma del giudizio. Lo Giudice’s main contribution is a forceful defense of the human nature of legal judgment, something that he links to the notion of a ‘leap’. This article considers what this leap might entail and asks whether it can accommodate the nature of legal judgment. For this purpose, it will juxtapose the figure of Judge Tatting as sketched by Lon Fuller with the work of the Dutch legal theorist Paul Scholten. Finally, the article asks what the reality of anthropogenic climate change might entail for the role of the judge and Lo Giudice’s view on judgment.
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PubblicazioneChe cosa significa orientarsi nell’azione? Risposta ai miei critici(EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2026)Philosophy as Orientation. Giving a New Meaning to the Earth is articulated along two convergent axes of reflection: on the one hand, it questions the status and future of philosophy, emphasizing its intrinsic ethical vocation and its capacity to serve as orientation. On the other, it reflects on the concept of nature and the overcoming of the conception that opposes the human subject to the natural object, moving toward a processual vision that unites the spiritual and the material. The encounter between these two dimensions occurs—at least potentially—with the Anthropocene, understood as that event (Ereignis) in which human beings and nature realize their full co-appropriation (Zusammengehörigkeit). From here, it becomes possible for human beings to recognize themselves as a natural force and become aware of their own potential, which can be freely oriented toward collaboration with natural processes.
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PubblicazioneAdvertising and the Ordinary Concept of Fairness: A Philosophical Perspective(EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2026)The main aim of this paper is to explore whether the ordinary concept of fairness can be applied directly to advertising and, if so, what that application requires. After illustrating John Rawls’s idea of justice as fairness and the application of his theory of justice to advertising, the paper focuses on the origin of this idea by describing H. L. A. Hart’s analysis of the concept of fairness. The question of whether the concept of fairness that emerges from Hart’s analysis can be directly applied to advertising is then considered in the light of a discussion of the impact of advertising on consumer autonomy: can we say that, in some sense, certain types of advertising of goods or services impinge on their recipients’ autonomy and, if so, that the burden they impose benefits other market participants? An affirmative answer to this question means that the concept of fairness resulting from Hart’s conceptual analysis can be directly applied to these types of advertisements for goods or services and can be used to support restrictions on them.
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PubblicazioneOn the Modal Indeterminacy of a Free Choice: Updating Donald M. MacKay’s Argument for Logical Indeterminacy(EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2026)The relationship between determinism and free will is still vigorously debated. However, despite the activity one contribution from around 70 years ago has been largely ignored. In the 1950’s Donald M. Mackay presented a position he called Logical Indeterminism. At the time it was the subject of intense scrutiny, but no real interest has been shown in it since his death in 1987. In this paper I situate his work within the current debate, identify a flaw in the original argument and present a modal version that removes the flaw. The aims of the paper are twofold: to present a robust argument for the compatibility of determinism and (libertarian) free will, and stimulate interest in the work and contributions of Donald M. MacKay.
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PubblicazioneOntologia non sostanzialista e responsabilità morale nella filosofia della natura: fondamenti teorici e implicazioni etiche(EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2026)This paper examines the ethical implications of Emilio Corriero’s non-substantial ontology, developed in response to the ecological crisis of the Anthropocene. In this framework, nature is no longer treated as a mere object but is understood as a subject in which human beings participate. I do not assess the internal consistency of this ontology; instead, I ask what moral duties and forms of responsibility it is supposed to generate. I argue that the move from a “substantial” ontology, which treats nature as an object, to a “non-substantial” ontology, which treats nature as a subject, does not yield clear normative guidance. On the contrary, it can ground both anti-anthropocentric environmental ethics and strongly anthropocentric, techno-optimistic positions. I also show that the motivational problem remains: even if humans recognize themselves as part of nature, it does not follow that they will act in ways that protect it. Finally, I consider proposals of moral bioenhancement—including pharmacological and psychedelic means—aimed at producing a sense of unity with nature. I argue that Corriero leaves open a crucial question: whether these forms of engineered “communion with nature” should be seen as morally legitimate or as contrary to human dignity. Ultimately, recognizing that we are nature does not yet tell us what we ought to do.