Caring: Icarus Project and helping relationships
The essence of being human is to Care, is to take care of other human beings. The philosopher Heidegger traced a subtle but important diversification within this attitude. ‘To care’ means to provide help by substituting oneself for the needy subject, bypassing him or, in extreme cases, even mortifying him by making him perceive the […]
ICARUS and the virtuous circle
The virtuous circle is a process which, following a favourable external event, induces an improvement on related activities. The opportunity to learn, collaborate and experiment in prison is a favourable event that produces a positive feedback on other important activities and generates positive effects for the individual and the community. What does this mean? It […]