- Adela Cortina
Adela Cortina is a Spanish
philosopher born in Valencia,Spain .After getting her degree of philosophy and letters in the
University of Valencia , she entered themetaphysics department in 1969. In 1976, she defended her doctorate's thesis, about God in the Kantiantrascendental philosophy , and taught for some time in middle-grade institutes.A research grant allowed her to visit the
University of Munich , where she came in contact withcritical rationalism ,pragmatism ,Marxist ethics and more specifically, with the philosophy ofJürgen Habermas andKarl-Otto Apel . Upon reentering academia in Spain, she oriented her research efforts into ethics.In 1981, she entered the philosophy department of her alma mater, the University of Valencia.
Books
*10 palabras clave en filosofía polîtica / Adela Cortina, directora ; [colaboradores, Angel Castiñeira et al.] . Estella, Navarra : Editorial Verbo Divino, 1998. 440 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN 84-8169-161-5
*Etica para la sociedad civil / Adela Cortina Orts ... [et al.] ; edición coordinada por Francisco Javier Peña Echevarría. Valladolid, Spain : Universidad de Valladolid, Secretariado de Publicaciones e Intercambio Editorial, [2003?] 200 p. ; 21 cm. ISBN 84-8448-231-6References
* [http://www.barcelona2004.org/eng/actualidad/noticias/html/f045879.htm Forum Barcelona 2004: 25 / 07 / 2004, Adela Cortina (Etnor Foundation): "For a society to be a moral society means that it has to be able to anticipate the future"]
* [http://www.etnor.org/bibliografia_ac.htm Fundación ÉTNOR - Bibliografía de Adela Cortina, Directora de la Fundación ÉTNOR]
* [http://usuarios.lycos.es/politicasnet/autores/cortina.htm politicasnet - Adela Cortina]
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