CO² of Inequalities: Enhancing Diversity, Avoiding Inequalities

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Article

Magazine

RIVISTA INTERNAZIONALE DI SCIENZE SOCIALI

Section

Open Access

Title

CO² of Inequalities: Enhancing Diversity, Avoiding Inequalities

Authors

Davide Bussi, Luca Crivelli, Carlo Giardinetti, Joseph Hili, Mario Lucchini, Marta Pedrajas, Valentina Rotondi

Publisher

Vita e Pensiero

Format

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Online from

05-2022

Doi

10.26350/000518_000081

Issn

0035-676X (print) | 1827-7918 (digital)

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The name of our village within The Economy of Francesco, “CO_²of Inequalities”, showcases a tension: as much as it is meaningless to conceptualize nature (or the creation thereof) without carbon dioxide, thus it is unrealistic to conceptualize humanity without diversity, the great wealth of humanity. In this paper, we showcase some of the activities and reflections made within our village. First, we offer a theoretical reflection on the issue of inequalities by looking at Pope Francis’ magisterium and Nobel prize-winner Amartya Sen’s capabilities approach. Second, we reflect on the issue of meritocracy and its relationship with inequalities. Third, we present the state of the art on inequalities across the globe by resorting to an innovative statistical tool, a self-organizing map. Fourth, we reflect on diversity (equity) and inequality in the business world.

keywords

Inequalities, (Bio)diversity, Development.

Authors biography

Davide Bussi, Mario Lucchini, Department of Sociology and Social Research, Universityof Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy. Email Bussi: davide.bussi@unimib.it. Email Lucchini: mario.lucchini@unimib.it.
Luca Crivelli, Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care, SUPSI, Lugano, Switzerland and Swiss School of Public Health. Email: luca.crivelli@supsi.ch.
Carlo Giardinetti, Department of Executive Education, Franklin University Switzerland, Sorengo, Switzerland. Email: cgiardinetti@fus.edu.
Joseph Hili, Department of Sociology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy, and Department of Moral Theology, Theological University of Northern Italy, Milan, Italy. Email: josephanthony.hili01@icatt.it.
Marta Pedrajas, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Vatican. Email: m.pedrajas@humandevelopment.va.
Valentina Rotondi, Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care,SUPSI, Lugano, Switzerland, and Leverhuelme Centre for Demographic Science and Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. Email: valentina.rotondi@supsi.ch.