Norbert Bilbeny (Barcelona, 1953)
is Full Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Barcelona
since 1980. He was Director of the Intercultural Ethics Observatory
at the Barcelona Scientific Park. Co-founder and president of Committee
of Research Integrity in the Public Health Institute of Barcelona (IMAS).
Director of Master on Immigration and Intercultural Education in the
University of Barcelona. Former adviser in Bioethics and Ethics for
the European Union Research Programs. He has been Secretary of the
Ateneu Barcelonès.
Doctoral thesis (1982) cum laude on the philosophy of "Noucentisme" (cultural-political
movement of Catalonia, Spain, in the XXth century). Main research areas: Intercultural
Ethics, Ethics and the Professions, Ethical Foundations of Citizenship, European
and Worldwide Citizenship. He has been Visiting Scholar at the University of
California in Berkeley, Harvard University, University of Toronto and CNRS in
Paris. Visiting Professor in the University of Chicago. He has lectured and taught
in many universities abroad. In 1979 he was awarded the "Joan Estelrich" prize,
in 1984 the "Josep Pla" one, and in 1987 the "Anagrama" essay
prize. Periodical collaborator of several newspapers: Avui, Diari
de Barcelona,
and currently La Vanguardia since 1985. He has published the following books:
*On Catalan and Spanish thought:
- Joan Crexells en la filosofia del Noucents (Dopesa, 1979);
- Entre Renaixença i Noucentisme. Estudis de Filosofia (La Magrana, 1984);
- Filosofia Contemporània a Catalunya (Edhasa, 1985);
- La ideología nacionalista a Catalunya (Laia, 1988);
- Eugeni d'Ors i la ideología del Noucentisme (La Magrana, 1988);
- Puntes al coixí. Converses amb pensadors catalans (Destino, 1989);
- Política noucentista. De Maragall a D'Ors (Afers, 1999).
*Non academic essay:
- Filosofia i destrucció (Edicions 62, 1981);
- Fraîcheur. Màximes & Apòlegs (Edhasa, 1984);
- Papers contra la cinta magnètica. Un dietari (Destino, 1985);
- El somni américa. Un dietari a Berkeley (Proa, 2001).
*On Moral and Political Philosophy:
- El laberint de la llibertat (Edicions 62, 1990);
- El discurso de la Ética (PPU, 1990);
- Humana dignidad (Tecnos, 1990);
- L'ombra de Maquiavel. Ètica i política (Llibres de l'Índex, 1991);
- Ètica i justicia (Barcanova, 1991);
- Aproximación a la Ética (Ariel, 1992);
- El idiota moral. La banalidad del mal en el siglo XX (Anagrama, 1993);
- Kant y el tribunal de la conciencia (Gedisa, 1994);
- Europa después de Sarajevo. Claves éticas y políticas de la ciudadanía europea (Destino, 1996);
- La revolución en la ética. Hábitos y creencias en la sociedad digital (Anagrama, 1997);
- Política sin Estado. Introducción a la Filosofía Política (Ariel, 1998);
- Sócrates. El saber como ética (Península, 1998);
- Democracia para la diversidad (Ariel, 1999);
- El protocolo socrático del liberalismo político (Tecnos, 1999);
- Por una causa común. Etica para la diversidad (Gedisa, 2002);
- Ética para la vida (Península, 2003).
He is editor of the books:
- Grans fites de l'Ètica (Cruïlla, 2000);
- El nou catalanisme (Ariel, 2001);
- Per a una Ètica Intercultural (Mediterrània, 2002).
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