Jesús Ballesteros (born 1943 in

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

) is a Spanish philosopher and jurist.

Education

In 1965, he earned his law degree with highest qualifications. In 1971, he obtained a doctoral degree from the

University of Valencia The University of Valencia ( ), shortened to UV, is a public research university in Valencia, Spain. It is one of the oldest universities in Spain, and the oldest in the Valencian Community. It is regarded as one of Spain's leading academic i ...

after defending a thesis about Giuseppe Capograssi.

Career

Since 1983 he has been teaching

Philosophy of Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

and

Political Philosophy Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and Political legitimacy, legitimacy of political institutions, such as State (polity), states. This field investigates different ...

at the University of Valencia School of Law. During this time, he combined academic activities with research. He mentored 21 doctoral theses along with 39 dissertations. His presence was requested on many national and international seminars which have taken place in Germany, Colombia, Spain, Italy, and Mexico. He is currently a member of the Spanish Society of Judicial and Political Philosophy, the Spanish Society of Bioethics, and a member of the Assessment Council on the journals Anuario de Derechos Humanos, Persona y Derecho, Cuadernos de Bioética, Ragion Pratica, Rivista di Filosofia del Diritto y Teoria del diritto e dello Stato. He has also been a member of the Real Academy on Valencian Culture.

Thought

His work is designed to trigger new thoughts about current issues. His work manifests concerns about the recent challenges humans are facing and how to solve them. In the 1990s he investigated

political ecology Political ecology is the study of the relationships between political, economic and social factors with environmental issues and changes. Political ecology differs from apolitical ecological studies by politicizing environmental issues and pheno ...

. During the decade he considered

bioethics Bioethics is both a field of study and professional practice, interested in ethical issues related to health (primarily focused on the human, but also increasingly includes animal ethics), including those emerging from advances in biology, me ...

in terms of the new possibilities of

biotechnology Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and Engineering Science, engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services. Specialists ...

. In the first decade of the 21st-century, he extended his interest in human rights and the defense of human dignity, writing about war and intercultural dialogue. He has studied a wide field of legal, philosophical, and political issues:

human rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...

violence Violence is characterized as the use of physical force by humans to cause harm to other living beings, or property, such as pain, injury, disablement, death, damage and destruction. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines violence a ...

feminism Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...

, and

postmodernity Postmodernity (post-modernity or the postmodern condition) is the economic or cultural state or condition of society which is said to exist ''after'' modernity. Some schools of thought hold that modernity ended in the late 20th century – in th ...

.'Globalisation: from chrematistic rest to humanist wakefulness', "Globalization and human rights: challenges and answers from a European perspective", Dordrecht, Springer (2012), pp. 3–26

Personal life

He is the father of seven children.

Works

Books (English)

''Globalization and human rights: challenges and answers from a European perspective''
(Editors: Ballesteros, Encarnación Fernández and Pedro Talavera), Dordrecht, Springer, 2012. * ''Postmodernity and Decadence'', Pamplona, Universidad de Navarra, 1992.

Major books (Spanish)

* ''Biotecnología y Posthumanismo'' (Editors: Ballesteros and Encarnación Fernández), Aranzadi, 2007. * ''Repensar la paz'', Pamplona, Eiunsa, 2006. * ''La humanidad in vitro'', Granada, Comares, 2004. * ''Biotecnología, dignidad y derecho: bases para un diálogo'', (Editors: Ángela Aparisi and Ballesteros), Pamplona, EUNSA, 2004. * ''Ecologismo personalista. Cuidar la naturaleza, cuidar al hombre'', Madrid, Tecnos, 1995. * ''Sociedad y medioambiente'' (editor), Madrid, Trotta, 1997. * ''Derechos Humanos'', Madrid, Tecnos, 1992. * ''Sobre el sentido del derecho'', Madrid, Tecnos, 1984, (3rd edition 2001). * ''La filosofía jurídica de Giuseppe Capograssi'', Madrid-Roma. Instituto Jurídico Español de Roma, C.S.I.C., 1973.

References

External links

Personal website: JesusBallesteros.es
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