Leander Penaso Marquez – författare

This volume is a collection of lived experiences of territories and economies along the Pacific Rim and beyond regarding COVID-19 policies and practices analyzed from the perspective of public health ethics.The chapters focus on public health ethics analyses of various COVID-19 policies and practices of each economy, including but not limited to:Policies (e.g., travel restrictions, mask implementation and lifting, vaccination rate, education, etc.)Practices (e.g., the spectrum of how much intervention was implemented, availability of vaccines, communication with the public, enforcement, vaccine rollout, etc.)Private sector initiatives vis-à-vis government programsCommunity-led interventionsViews from the community, and influence of cultural aspects, among others.As a general guideline, contributions start with a comprehensive account of how COVID-19 first entered the economy and how it spread over time. The papers then proceed with a normative analysis of these policies and practices, considering several elements of public health ethics, such as prevention, the common good, societal responsibility, government action, and collective effort, to name a few. Each chapter concludes by answering the question “what can be learned from these in preparing for future pandemics?”  Although there is no perfect policy or flawless practice, this work aims to learn from the experiences of these neighboring economies during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the goal of gathering information that may be useful for the next pandemic, particularly in terms of public health ethics.

This book focuses on the real-world application of the Philosophy for/with Children (P4wC) pedagogy to cultivate reasonableness in individuals through communities of philosophical inquiry. It presents a collection not only of theories but, more importantly, of experiences, discoveries, and innovations on P4wC by scholars, trainers, advocates, and practitioners around the world. Each chapter provides readers with insights and lessons that have resulted from the continuous application, exploration, and enrichment of the concepts, principles, and practices that were developed by Matthew Lipman and Ann Margaret Sharp into what P4wC is today - a dialogic pedagogical approach that may just be what is needed at a time when reasonableness and dialogue are essential to maintaining global stability and progress. In this light, this book also looks into how the P4wC approach can be practiced with adults such as when it is employed in various settings or contexts such as in business consulting, textbook writing, peace education, and extremism prevention, among others. Furthermore, this book also features chapters that discuss how the P4wC pedagogy can be beneficial once integrated into processes such as classroom teaching, teacher education, bioethics, and employee education.  This book provides valuable insights about how reasonableness that is cultivated through building communities of philosophical inquiry in education can be a powerful tool for nation-building and social transformation.

This book focuses on the real-world application of the Philosophy for/with Children (P4wC) pedagogy to cultivate reasonableness in individuals through communities of philosophical inquiry. It presents a collection not only of theories but, more importantly, of experiences, discoveries, and innovations on P4wC by scholars, trainers, advocates, and practitioners around the world. Each chapter provides readers with insights and lessons that have resulted from the continuous application, exploration, and enrichment of the concepts, principles, and practices that were developed by Matthew Lipman and Ann Margaret Sharp into what P4wC is today - a dialogic pedagogical approach that may just be what is needed at a time when reasonableness and dialogue are essential to maintaining global stability and progress. In this light, this book also looks into how the P4wC approach can be practiced with adults such as when it is employed in various settings or contexts such as in business consulting, textbook writing, peace education, and extremism prevention, among others. Furthermore, this book also features chapters that discuss how the P4wC pedagogy can be beneficial once integrated into processes such as classroom teaching, teacher education, bioethics, and employee education.  This book provides valuable insights about how reasonableness that is cultivated through building communities of philosophical inquiry in education can be a powerful tool for nation-building and social transformation.