Abstract

Ethics and virtue epistemology represent an innovative and effective prevention and opposition instrument towards the main social, educational and politic risks of the manipulated communication environment typical of the so-called "Post-Truth".

Key words 

Post-Truth, fake news, virtue ethics, virtue epistemology

Publications and ongoing projects

• Croce, M., Vaccarezza, M.S. (2021). ‘Civility in the Post-truth Age: An Aristotelian Account’, Humana.Mente, 14(39), pp. 127-150.

Participation in Prin 2018 “Deceit and Self-Deception. How We Should Address Fake News and Other Cognitive Failures of the Democratic Public” (national coordinator: Elisabetta Galeotti, UPO)

Departments

Department of Antiquities, Philosophy and History

Contacts

Prof. Maria Silvia Vaccarezza (mariasilvia.vaccarezza@unige.it)
Prof. Michel Croce (Michel.croce@unige.it)