"The invention of good and evil" a day of academic reflection by Hanno Sauer
On October 24, in the general auditorium of the University of Azuay, the Academic Reflection Day "The invention of good and evil" was held by the speaker Hanno Sauer, associate professor of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of the University of Utrecht. The Permanent Symposium of the University was attended by authorities, teachers and students from our university community.
Sauer analyzed how cooperation arises as a result of the need for human survival and how morality weaves this cooperation, making it a fundamental pillar. However, he raised the question of what happens when evil threatens this vital cooperation. From the evolution of cooperation five million years ago to the recent crises of moral polarization, "The Invention of Good and Evil" offers us a new history of human morality in which the doctor of Philosophy, Hanno Sauer, proposes to combine philosophy with empirical data to explain how processes of biological, cultural, social and evolutionary change have contributed to shaping the moral grammar that defines us as human beings.
The welcome speech was given by our rector, Francisco Salgado, who highlighted the importance of reciprocity and cooperation in the construction of human institutions such as cities, markets, science and technology, which are empirical evidence of the importance of a regulatory infrastructure. that supports them, which is morality and ethics.
The German thinker addressed five million years of moral history in his essay "The Invention of Good and Evil", delving into concepts such as punishment, altruism, religion and well-being, among others.
