The Department of French Literature of the Université de Montreal and the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal presents the Italian philosopher Adriano Fabris.
During this lecture, we will explore some ethical issues linked to the communication era of internet: the fundamental question on ethical issues has changed completely or some constituent features have remained in tact to this day? Which are, however new questions that ethics arises against this mass communication tool? We are confronted with an instrument of total and absolute freedom of expression? Within the Internet, we are all freer or exists new forms of control, domination and power?
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 – 4:30pm
Department of the French language of liturature of Université de Montreal – Pav. Lionel-Groulx, 3200 rue Jean Brillant, Salle C-3061. Free entry
Adriano Fabris is Full Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Pisa (Italy). After his graduation Mr Fabris got a specialisation on Philosophy of Religion at the University of Freiburg i. B. (Germany) under the direction of Bernhard Casper (about the relation between philosophy and theology in the work The Star of Redemption of the Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig). In 1987 he obtained a “Perfezionamento in Filosofia” (Theoretical Philosophy) at the University of Genoa under the supervision of Alberto Caracciolo (with a dissertation on “Philosophy, History and Temporality. Heidegger on Basic Problems of Phenomenology”). Since 2010 he is director of the research Institute ReTe (Religions and Theology) of the University of Lugano, Faculty of Theology. On this field he promoted researches on the conditions of interreligious dialogue. His actual research focuses on Hermeneutical Thought, Ethics of Information and Comunication and Philosophy of Religion.