Public Ethics

  By Samuel Saraiva When humanity invents God to command, the Devil to blame, and calls this convenience faith—reaping high profits from dividends promised in the hereafter, while operating a generalized moral bankruptcy in the here and now. Man created two highly operational concepts to organize, justify, and standardize his own existence: good and evil. […]

The ethical degradation of institutions, the infiltration of organized crime, and the abuse of authority reveal how the fragility of the Rule of Law can transform public safety into an instrument of oppression, compromising justice, freedom, and civilization itself. Por Samuel Saraiva The Inversion of the State’s Role and the Crisis of Trust The greatest […]

By: Samuel Saraiva Between Law and Conscience, Humanity Fails at the Most Basic Level An Egyptian family — a father, a mother 34 weeks pregnant, and two children — has remained for weeks in the restricted area of an airport, awaiting a decision on a request for refuge. No decision, no solution and, apparently, no […]

By: Samuel Saraiva The reflections presented in this essay are theoretical and structural in nature and are not directed at any specific legal system, institution, or jurisdiction, but rather at dynamics historically observed in societies marked by unequal access to justice. Historical Divide Between Those Who Decide and Those Who Obey Humanity has always been […]