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Social welfare, objective well-being, and natural law
(2025) Arancibia Collao, Fernando Andrés
This paper explores the interplay between social welfare functions (SWF), utility functions, and objective well-being within the framework of natural law ethics. SWF, a central tool in welfare economics, traditionally relies on utility functions to aggregate individual preferences into social well-being measures. However, the preference satisfaction approach inherent in utility functions often conflicts with objective accounts of well-being, such as natural law ethics, which emphasize intrinsic human goods and flourishing. In this paper I argue for the compatibility of subjective preferences and objective values by introducing the concept of idealized preferences—preferences informed by objective ethical values. Integrating natural law ethics, this paper proposes how utility functions can accommodate subjective pro-attitudes while adhering to objective moral values, thereby bridging the gap between economic and philosophical approaches to well-being. The conclusions suggest a robust theoretical framework for aligning economic analysis with moral objectivism, enhancing the applicability of SWF in public policy.
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Los signos de los tiempos como espacio de una teología monstruosa
(2025) Espinosa Arce, Juan Pablo
Based on the sociocultural category of monstrosity, this exploratory article posits the thesis that the signs of the times are a space for a monstrous theology, that is, a gesture through which we delve deeper into the radical otherness of God, made present on the human stage through the signs of the times. To demonstrate the meaning of this thesis, the article begins by addressing some preliminary questions surrounding the idea of monstrosity and the meaning of the theology of the signs of the times. Secondly, three considerations will be made on how the relationship between monstrosity and the signs of the times can be developed: namely, monstrosity as a space of theological paradox; the question that marginal theological subjectivities emerge in the signs of the times as a monstrous theology; and, thirdly, the place of fiction as a discursive mediation for deepening the theology of the signs of the times from the perspective of monstrosity. Finally, some concise questions will be presented.
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The social production of disability through inclusion policies and programmes: the cases of three Chilean universities
(2025) Masihy Vega, Tiare; Navarro Ibañez, Martin; Infante Jaras, Marta Del Rosario
As educational systems have expanded, inclusion has become a global educational demand and a central component of contemporary educational policies. Higher education faces challenges in ensuring access, retention, and graduation for underrepresented groups, particularly students with disabilities. Consequently, it is essential to analyse how inclusion policies function in practice. This article explores how higher education policies and narratives influence the construction, redefinition, and questioning of disability and inclusion. We analysed the inclusion policies and narratives of three universities in Chile, along with insights from staff members of their inclusion programmes. We adopted a post-qualitative approach informed by Deleuzoguattarian assemblage theory and Michael Feely’s three-stage analytic process, using Suzanne Mettler’s policyscape framework to trace the relational dynamics. We observed that while ableism strongly influences policies, narratives, and subject formation in higher education, regulatory processes around disability also allow for subverting material agencies and fostering new relationships. This article promotes a deeper analysis of ableism within institutional diagnoses in higher education to enhance understanding of educational experiences beyond pedagogical dimensions. This implies incorporating social, emotional and other aspects into educational policies and programmes. We propose improvements to university inclusion and disability policies for international implementation and adaptation.
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Heat vulnerability in a hyper-arid coastal conurbation: downscaled LST and socio-spatial analysis
(2025) Sarricolea, Pablo; Baltazar, Alexis; Meseguer Ruiz, Oliver; Smith, Pamela; Picone, Natasha; Serrano Notivoli, Roberto; Vidal Paez, Paulina; Fuentealba, Magdalena; Thomas, Felipe
Heat vulnerability is a critical issue for cities under climate change, especially in socially precarious contexts and extreme climates such as deserts. The Iquique–Alto Hospicio conurbation in northern Chile represents a distinctive case study due to its marked altitudinal contrasts and rapid urban expansion. This research focuses on assessing the Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) at its peak expression, during summer nighttime conditions, in order to spatialize heat vulnerability. A multi-scalar workflow was applied, beginning with long-term multitemporal analysis of land surface temperature at moderate resolution (2002–2023) and extending to high-resolution downscaling for five recent years (2019–2023) using bilinear resampling combined with robust regression techniques. A heat vulnerability index was then developed through principal component analysis (four components, ∼74% variance explained), complemented by a spatial cluster analysis based on Anselin’s Local Moran’s I, which delineated statistically significant hot-spots in Iquique’s historic core and in recently formalized social-housing districts on the Alto Hospicio plateau, as well as cold-spots along the affluent coastal seafront. The results confirm the presence of a strong nocturnal summer SUHI, largely coinciding with the most densely populated areas characterized by low-rise housing and limited green space. The local climate zone Compact low-rise and lightweight built forms were identified as the most vulnerable to heat. The study concludes that effective strategies should promote less dense building typologies while incorporating urban infrastructures that act as climate refuges across the conurbation. More broadly, the approach offers a transferable template for climate-resilient planning in data-scarce, arid coastal cities worldwide.
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Becoming-With Pewen
(2025) Petitpas, Robert
Pewen (Araucaria araucana) and Pewenche (people of the pewen) have been affecting each other’s ecology and survival for centuries. Pewenche have been shaping pewen forest ecology by moving seeds, planting trees, protecting them from threats. In turn, pewen is fundamental in Pewenche economy, culture, and spirituality. The meaning of pewen for Pewenche people is related to their historical and reciprocal interactions, or living with pewen. In this article, I am going to argue that by living together, pewen and Pewenche have been making each other, or engaged in a process of becoming-with. Also, this interaction shapes how pewen conservation is understood. Pewen and Pewenche entanglements challenge conservation efforts rooted in a human–nature dichotomy. Ignoring this relationship reinforces social inequalities and reproduces colonialism through conservation.