This paper investigates the appropriateness of LP-based reasoning to machine ethics, an interdisciplinary field of inquiry that emerges from the need of imbuing autonomous agents with the capacity for moral decision making. The first contribution of the paper is that of identifying morality viewpoints, as studied in moral philosophy and psychology, which are amenable to computational modeling, ...

Recent (geo)political tensions, the impact of Covid-19 pandemic and rise nationalism worldwide have brought to forefront processes (de)globalization both in social, political, economic terms. In this context, we place questions: How Brazil’s views on international organizations changed over years why does it matter when comes understanding country’s recent contribution (de)globalization? To ans...

Cities are touted as leaders and innovators in sustainability policy, but face significant challenges with its implementation. Because objectives multifaceted they often do not align local governments' typical organizational structures, which compartmentalize expertise around core service functions. This mismatch lies at the heart of many cities' implementation struggles; broad initiatives requ...