The Rector of the University of Porto, António de Sousa Pereira, the editor of the volume, Paula Cristina Pereira, and the Director of the Institute of Philosophy (IF/UI&D), José Francisco Meirinhos, invite you to the launch of Philosophy of the City – Ethical and Political Challenges / Volume 1. Common Good.

The event will take place on 19 May at 5:30 p.m. at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto (FLUP – Meeting Room 1).

The book will be presented by José Francisco Meirinhos, Full Professor, President of the Ethics Committee of the University of Porto, Director of the Department of Philosophy at FLUP and of IF/UI&D, and João Cardoso Rosas, Vice-Rector of the University of Minho for Culture, Inclusion and Social Responsibility, Full Professor of Philosophy at the same institution, and President of the Portuguese Association for Political Philosophy (APFP).

Synopsis: The common good can, and should, be built through urban and political practices that strengthen the social fabric (…). This is the central proposal of the book, which offers a comprehensive research programme for political philosophy and, in particular, for the philosophy of the city.
For these reasons, this volume is both important and timely for all those who recognise the importance of caring for the “bonds that unite” citizens and other members of a political community within the state and the city. These bonds, grounded solely in the practical reconstruction of the “common good”, now constitute the essential condition for enabling political legitimacy and social justice, and possibly even our collective survival. (JOÃO CARDOSO ROSAS, PREFACE)

About the editor: Paula Cristina Pereira is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at FLUP. Her current research focuses on the human and urban condition, the common good, public space, the city, commons, and spatial justice, within the fields of Philosophical Anthropology, Ethics and Political Philosophy, and Philosophy of the City. She is the principal investigator of the research group Philosophy and Public Space at the Institute of Philosophy, and founder/coordinator of the international network Philosophy and Public Space (PaPSIN). She has been a visiting professor at several foreign universities and has participated in international projects centred on questions of Ethics, Democracy, and Spatial Justice.