DAVID LORENZO IZQUIERDO, PhD

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Associate Professor of Ethics, Philosophical Anthropology and Political Philosophy

(San Rafael-Nebrija Center)
 
(Faculty of Human and Social Sciences)
 
 

 

1. PERSONAL/CONTACT INFORMATION

 

Name: David Lorenzo Izquierdo

Birthday: September 24, 1977

Birthplace: Barcelona (Spain)

E-mail: davidlorenzoes@yahoo.es

 

2. EDUCATION

 

Graduate in Humanities (speciality in Philosophy), Universidad Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain), 1999.

 

M. A. in Philosophy (or 'DEA'), Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, 2001.

-Thesis: El individualismo de J. Rawls en su obra “A Theory of Justice”, y sus antecedentes (The J. Rawls’ Individualism in his Work “A Theory of Justice”, and its Antecedents). Excellent.

-Advisor/Director: Dr. Miquel Bastons.

-This work received the XXIIth. Philosophy Award “Arnau de Vilanova” (Spain).

 

Ph.D. in Philosophy, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, 2005.

-Dissertation: A. MacIntyre: una alternativa al individualismo (A. MacIntyre: an Alternative to Individualism). Excellent cum laude.

-Advisor/Director: Dr. Miquel Bastons.

-Dissertation written with a Spanish Education Office Doctoral Fellowship (called Doctoral Scholarship for University Researching Staff) from 2001 to 2005.

 

Accreditation (“Acreditación”) from ANECA (Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación), of the Spanish Education Office, as a “Lecturer”. Positions: “Profesor de Universidad Privada”, “Profesor Ayudante Doctor” and “Profesor Contratado Doctor”. September 2009.

 

 

3. AREAS OF INTEREST

 
Ethics and Applied Ethics (and Codes of Ethics)
Human Rights and Bioethics 

Contemporary Ethics/Politics (Communitarianism, Liberalism, etc.)

 

4. BOOKS

 

Comunitarismo contra individualismo: una revisión de los valores de Occidente desde el pensamiento de A. MacIntyre, Ed. Thomson-Aranzadi, Madrid, 2007, 475 pp.
 

(As editor with R. Aguilera), La ‘ciudadanía’ en la filosofía política contemporánea (in process).

 

5. BOOKS CONTRIBUTIONS

 

1. “El hombre como ser dependiente”, in Humanismo para el siglo XXI, CD-Rom, Ed. Universidad de Deusto, 2003.

 

2. “MacIntyre: por una recuperación del concepto de virtud”, in Humanismo para el siglo XXI, CD-Rom, Ed. Universidad de Deusto, 2003.

 

3. “Educación y valores”, in ¿Qué cultura?, Ed. San Pablo CEU, 2004, Madrid, pp. 571-575.

 

4. “El hombre como símbolo”, in Cuerpos, subjetividades y artefactos, Univ. Málaga-Reprodigital, Málaga, 2004, pp. 253-257.

 

5. “Ética y conducción en la antropología viaria”, in Olives, J. (coord.), Antropologia viària: l’atenció a la conducció, Olives, J. (coord.), Fundació Abertis, Barcelona, 2004, pp. 27-37.

 

6. “Educació: ètica y tècnica”, in Olives, J. (coord.), Antropologia viària: educació i pedagogia viària, Fundació Abertis, Barcelona, 2005, pp. 77-82.

 

7. “Ética, riesgo y conducción”, in Olives, J. (coord.), Antropología viaria: la percepción de la seguridad como factor de riesgo, Fundació Abertis-UIC, Barcelona, 2006, pp. 125-136. Catalan translation: “Ètica, risc i conducció”, in Olives, J. (coord.), Antropologia viària: la percepció de la seguretat com a factor de risc, Fundació Abertis-UIC, Barcelona, 2006, pp. 125-136.

 

8. “Primeros principios, códigos deontológicos y acción humana”, in Román, B. and Palazzi, C. (eds.), Hacia una sociedad responsable: reflexiones desde las éticas aplicadas , Ed. Prohom, Barcelona, 2006, pp. 149-155.

 

9. “Tommaso d’Aquino e MacIntyre sulle legge naturale: metafisica e pratica”, in Di Blasi, F. (ed.), Riscoprire le radici e i valori comuni della civiltà occidentale: il concetto di legge in Tommaso d’Aquino, Rubbettino, Soveria Mannelli, 2007, pp. 205-222.

 

10. “Ética, ley y sanción en la práctica de la conducción”, in Olives, J. (coord.), Antropología viaria: ley, transgresión y sanción, Fundació Abertis-UIC, Barcelona, 2007, pp. 43-51. Catalan translation: "Ètica, llei i sanció en la pràctica de la conducció", in Olives, J. (coord.), Antropologia viària: llei, transgressió i sanció, Fundació Abertis-UIC, Barcelona, 2007, pp. 43-51.

 

 11. “A. MacIntyre: an Alternative to Individualism”, in Bryk, A. (ed.), The United States, the European Union and Modernity, Krakow University College (International Krakow Studies), Krakow, 2008, pp. 69-89.

 
  

6. ARTICLES

 

1. “J. Rawls: ¿individualista?”, Logos, vol. 30, nº 90 (sept.-dic.), 2002, págs. 127-163. Journal indexed in the Philosopher's Index and Latindex. 

 

2. “MacIntyre: lector de hombre contemporáneo”, Yachay, año 19, n. 36, 2002, págs. 57-73.

 

3. “El bien en Una teoría de la justicia de J. Rawls”, Sapientia, v. LVIII, 2003, pp. 315-329. Journal indexed in the Philosopher's Index, the Repertoire Bibliographique de la Philosophie and Latindex. 

 

4. “John Rawls o el hombre contemporáneo”, Mercurio peruano (Univ. de Piura), n. 515, 2002, págs. 19-28. Journal indexed in Latindex.

 

5. “John Rawls: pintor de Utopía”, Revista de filosofía (Univ. Costa Rica), v. XL, n. 102, 2002, págs. 71-75. Journal indexed in the Philosopher's Index, the Repertoire Bibliographique de la Philosophie and Latindex.

 

6. “El conflicto entre tradiciones distintas en el ámbito de la educación”, Papeles salmantinos de educación (Univ. Pontificia de Salamanca), n. 2, 2003, págs. 101-109. Journal indexed in Latindex and DICE.

 

7.“Derechos humanos y religiones: el retorno a la naturaleza humana”, Sociedad y utopía (Univ. Pontif. de Salamanca), n. 22, 2003, pp. 287-292. Journal indexed in Latindex and DICE.

 

8. “Rawls contra MacIntyre: dos conceptos de sociedad”, Estudios filosóficos (Instituto Superior de Filosofía de Valladolid), v. LIV, n. 155, 2004, pp. 137-152. Journal indexed in the Philosopher's Index, the Repertoire Bibliographique de la Philosophie, Latindex and DICE.

 

9.“¿Por qué es irrealizable la justicia de Rawls?”, Logos, v. 32, n. 96 (sept.-dic.), 2004, pp. 57-66. Journal indexed in the Philosopher's Index and Latindex.

 

10. “Rawls y MacIntyre a la luz de Kant”, Anuario filosófico, 174, 2005, pp. 142-155. Journal indexed in the Philosopher's Index, the Repertoire Bibliographique de la Philosophie, DICE and CARHUS.

 

11. “La moralidad según Rawls”, Diálogo filosófico, n. 60, 2004, pp. 465-490. Journal indexed in the Philosopher's Index, the Repertoire Bibliographique de la Philosophie, Latindex and DICE.

 

12. “El triple fundamento de la ética: carácter, autoridad y metafísica”, Logos, v. 35, n. 105 (sept.-dec.), 2007, pp. 61-88. Journal indexed in the Philosopher's Index and Latindex.

 

13. “Aquinas and MacIntyre on Natural Law: Metaphysics and Practice”, Vera Lex. Journal of the International Natural Law Society, v. 9, n. 1-2 (winter), 2008, pp. 3-17. Journal indexed in the Philosopher's Index.

 

14. Human Rights, Practices and Codes of Ethics”, Philosophy, Culture, and Traditions, vol. 5, 2008-2009, pp. 159-171. Journal indexed in the Philosopher's Index  and the Repertoire Bibliographique de la Philosophie.

 

15. "A. MacIntyre: una antropología del 'florecimiento'", proceedings of international conference "Las dimensiones de la vida humana", Sociedad Hispánica de Antropología Filosófica, 2010 (forthcoming). 

 

16. "A. MacIntyre: individualisme, comunitarisme i valors occidentals", Diàlegs, n. 44 (abr.-jun.), 2010, pp. 43-77. Journal indexed in Dialnet, CARHUS and DICE.
 
17. "Applied Ethics: Practices, Goods, and Rules", International Journal for Applied Philosophy, vol. 25, n. 1, 2011, pp. 61-68. Journal indexed in the Philsopher's Index  

 

 

7. CONFERENCE PAPERS

 

1. “J. Rawls: ¿individualista?”, at “II Conference on Moral and Political Philosophy” (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, 11-13.XII.2001).

 

2. "El hombre como símbolo", at conference “Cuerpos, subjetividades y artefactos” (Universidad de Málaga, Málaga,13-15.III.2002).

 

3.“Derechos humanos y religiones: el retorno a la ‘naturaleza humana’”, at “II International Conference on Religion, Society and Human Rights” (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes y Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (Argentina), 7-10.V.2002).

 

4. “J. Rawls: una aspiración a la justicia”, at “I Iberoamerican Conference on Ethics and Political Philosophy” (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 16-20.IX.2002).

 

5. “Ética: carácter, autoridad y metafísica”, at “I Iberoamerican Conference on Ethics and Political Philosphy” (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 16-20.IX.2002).

 

6. “La modernidad y la tradición: lectura de la cultura europea a través de A. MacIntyre”, at “VIII Conference on European Culture” (Centro de Estudios Europeos, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, 23-26.X.2002).

 

7. “El conflicto entre ‘tradiciones’ distintas en el ámbito de la educación”, at “I Conference on Educational Issues”, with the subject: “The intercultural education” (Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, 25.XI.2002).

 

8. “El hombre como ser dependiente”, at international conference “Humanism for the XXIth. Century” (Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, 4-7.III.2003).

 

9. “MacIntyre: por una recuperación del concepto de ‘virtud’”, at international conference “Humanism for the XXIth. Century” (Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, 4-7.III.2003).

 

10. “Rawls contra MacIntyre: dos conceptos de ‘sociedad’”, at “XII Week on Ethics and Political Philosophy” (Universidad Jaume I, Castellón, 3-5.IV.2003).

 

11. “Educación y valores”, at “V Faith-Culture Congress: Catholics and Public Life”, Universidad San Pablo CEU, Madrid, 13-16.XI.2003.

 

12. “Rawls y MacIntyre a la luz de Kant”, at XLII Reuniones Filosóficas “Doscientos años después. Retornos y relecturas de Kant”, Pamplona, Univ. Navarra, 8-10.III.2004.

 

13. “The Relation Between Practice and Law”, international conference “Law and Liberty: Ethics and Politics for the XXI Century”, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, Barcelona, September 20-25, 2005.

 

14. “Aquinas and MacIntyre on Natural Law: Metaphysics and Practice”, international conference “The Roots of Western Culture”, Invited Speaker, Collegio Universitario ARCES, Palermo (Italia), October 24-30, 2005.

 

15. “Primeros principios, códigos deontológicos y acción humana”, Jornadas de Ética Aplicada, Univ. Ramon Llull, Barcelona, 14-15 Dec., 2005.

 

16. “A. MacIntyre: An Alternative to Individualism”, international conference “A. MacIntyre: A Revolutionary Aristotelism”, London Metropolitan University, London, 29 June-1 July, 2007.

 

17. "A. MacIntyre: una antropología del 'florecimiento'", international conference "Las dimensiones de la vida humana", Sociedad Hispánica de Antropología Filosófica, Madrid, 16-19 September, 2008. 

 

18. "Philosophy and Professional Ethics: A Foundation for a Profession and Its Rules", XII Jornadas de Filosofía: "La Filosofía en un mundo técnico y globalizado", SFCM (Sociedad Filosofía Castilla-La Mancha), Toledo, October 16-17, 2009.
 
19. (Invited Speaker) “Las propuestas político-jurídicas de A. MacIntyre y el debate entre Liberalismo y Comunitarismo", Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey (Mexico), Faculty of Law, November 26, 2009.

 

20. (Invited Speaker) “MacIntyre y el liberalismo en la teoría política contemporánea", Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey (Mexico), Faculty of Political Sciences, November 27, 2009.

 
21."Ética, Derechos Humanos y naturaleza humana en el pensamiento de A. MacIntyre", international conference "Nature, Culture, Freedom", XVIII Annual Confere of Faculty of Philosophy, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, February 22-23, 2010.
 
 

8. RESEARCH STAYS

 

Stay from May to October 2005 at Notre Dame University (Indiana) (Philosophy Department) as Visitor Research to work on my dissertation with Alasdair MacIntyre. Financed by a complementary grant of my Doctoral Scholarship for University Researching Staff. Reference: Dr. Montey Holloway.

 

 

9. RESEARCH PROJECTS FINANCED/SUPPORTED BY INSTITUTIONS 

 

1. FPU Fellowship (Formación de Profesorado Universitario, Doctoral Scholarship for University Researching Staff) for PhD research projects.

-Institution: Spanish Education and Culture Office.

-Period: 4 years (2001-2005).

-Amount: 48.000 euros (1000 euros/month).

-Title: A. MacIntyre: una alternativa al individualismo.

-Director: Dr. Miquel Bastons.

 

2. Project “Antropología viaria: una nueva ciencia” (“Road Anthropology: A New Science”)

-Institution: Abertis Foundation and Government of Catalonia.

-Period: 2003-2005.

-Amount: 50.000 euros.

-Research: it consisted in applying Ethics and Anthropology to driving/road issues in Spain, studied from different points of view (Law, Technology, Marketing, etc.).

-Director: Dr. Josep Olives (Dean of Faculty of Humanities of Universidad Internacional de Cataluña).

 

3. Research Fellowship “Culture 2000 European Commission” (CLT 2004/A1/IT-300)

-Institution: European Union (European Commission).

-Participants: Collegio Universitario ARCES (general coordinator), Univ. Peter Pazmany of Budapest and Universidad Internacional de Cataluña (Spanish coordinator: David Lorenzo Izquierdo).

-Research: a study of Aquinas’ Philosophy of Law and its relation to Western values. It includes a translation of Aquinas’ texts, the design of a website, three international conferences (conference in Barcelona, at International Univ. de Cataluña, titled “Law and Liberty: Ethics and Politics for the XXI Century”, took place in September 20-25, 2005).

-Period: Nov. 2004-Nov. 2005

-Amount: 150.000 euros.

 

4. MQD Fellowship (Ajuts per a la millora de la qualitat docent, Teaching Improvement Fellowships)

-Institution: Catalan Government 

-Period: September 2007-September 2008

-Research: hipertextual network for subjects of Social and Political Thought at Universidad Internacional de Cataluña

-Amount: 7.000 euros.

-Director: Dr. Josep Olives (Dean of Faculty of Humanities).
 
5. Emerging Research Group (Grup de Recerca Emergent)
            -Institution: Catalan Government
-Name of the Group: Institutions Management in the XXIth Century (Direcció d'Organitzacions al segle XXI, DOS-XXI)
-Research: Ethical, Economic, Legal and Social values involved in contemporary institutions management

-Period: from 2009

-Reference: 2009-SGR-1296 

-Director: Dr. Miquel Bastons
-Junior Director: Dr. David Lorenzo
 
6. Research Project GREAT: Graduate Research and Education for Appropriate Technology
-Institution: National Science Foundation (USA)
-Period: Sept. 2010-Sept. 2013
-Research: Human Rights in Engineering Community Development Projects
-Amount: 300.000$
-Principal Investigator: Dr. Christopher Papadopoulos (University of Puerto Rico)
-Co-principal Investigators: Dr. David Lorenzo (UPR) and Dr. Marcel Castro (UPR)
 

10. EXAMINING BOARDS (PhD DISSERTATIONS and MASTER THESIS)  

 
1. “Francesc de Verntallat, cabdill dels remences”. Master thesis. History. PhD Program: “Las Humanidades hoy” (2005-2007). Author : Miquel Freixa. Advisor: Jaume Aurell. University: Universidad Internacional de Cataluña. June 2007. Mark: “Notable”.

 

2. “Poder y Autoridad en la dirección de organizaciones”. Master thesis. Social Sciences/Management. PhD Program: “Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Jurídicas” (2004-2006). Author: Yago Bigatá. Advisor: Miquel Bastons. University: Universidad Internacional de Cataluña. September 2008. Mark: “Excellent”.
 
 

11. TRANSLATIONS

 
1. Translation into Spanish of the “Introduction” to the book The Limits of Privacy by A. Etzioni. Published as a chapter titled “Los límites a la privacidad” in: Agustina, J.R. (coord.), Tendencias en prevención del delito y sus límites. Privacidad y dignidad humana frente al uso de las nuevas tecnologías, BdeF-Edisofer, 2010 (forthcoming).

 

2. Revision of a part of the translation into Spanish of the book The Limits of Privacy by A. Etzioni.

 

 

12. FACULTY POSITIONS

 

1. Coordinator of PhD program “Human, Social and Legal Sciences”, Faculty of Humanitites, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, 2006-2007.

 

2. Tutor of 10-15 students, Faculty of Humanitites and Faculty of Economics, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, 2005-2008.

 

13. COURSES TAUGHT (UNDERGRADUATE)

 
"Health Anthropology”, Degree in Nursing and Phisiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Antonio de Nebrija (San Rafael-Nebrija Center), academic years: 2010-2102.
 
"Human Communication and Writing Skills", Degree in Phisiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Antonio de Nebrija (San Rafael-Nebrija Center), academic year: 2011-2102.
 
"Ethics I" and "Ethics II", Degree in Philosophy, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Pontifical University of Comillas, academic year: 2011-2012.
 
“Ethics”, Degree in Engineering (Civil, Computer, etc.), Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, academic years: 2009-2011.
 
"Bioethics", Degree in Biology (and others), Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, academic year: 2010-2011.

 

“Business Ethics”, Degree in Business, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, academic year: 2009-2010.

 

“Ethics”, Degree in Economics, Faculty of Economics, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, academic years: 2007-2009.

 

“Anthropology of Education”, Degree in Education, Faculty of Humanities, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, academic years: 2004-2009.

 

“Philosophy of Education”, Degree in Education, Faculty of Humanities, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, academic years: 2004-2009.

 

“Contemporary Philosophy”, Degree in Education, Faculty of Humanities, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, academic years: 2004-2009.

 

“Political and Social Philosophy (I, II, III)”, Degree in Law, Faculty of Law, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, academic years: 2004-2009.

 

“Political and Social Philosophy (I, II, III)”, Degree in Economics, Faculty of Economics, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, academic years: 2004-2009.

 

“Criminology Ethics (Ethics applied to Criminology)”, Degree in Criminology, Faculty of Law, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, academic year: 2005-2009.

 

“Thesis degree” (annual research work at the end of the Degree), Degree in Criminology, Faculty of Law, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, academic years: 2005-2008.

 

“Labor Science Ethics (Ethics applied to Labor Sciences)”, Degree in Labor Sciences, Faculty of Law, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, academic year: 2005-2006.

 

“Legal Ethics”, Degree in Law, Faculty of Law, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, academic year: 2004-2005.

 

“Ethics”, Degree in Law, Faculty of Law, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, academic year: 2004-2005.

 

“Ethics”, Degree in Public Management, Faculty of Law, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, academic years: 2003-2009.

 

Seminar “On the Nicomachean Ethics”, topic of the course “Ethics”, Degree in Public Management, Universidad Internacional de Cataluña, academic year: 2002-2003.

 

14. OTHER DATA AND MERITS


Winner of the XXIIth. Philosophy Award “Arnau de Vilanova”, called by the “Graduates and Doctorates in Sciences and Philosophy Association of Catalonia”; with the work El individualismo de J. Rawls en su obra “A Theory of Justice”, y sus antecedentes. 2003.

 

I got a tenure position as a teacher of “Ethics and Social Philosophy” for the Faculty of Philosophy at Universidad de Guanajuato (México). October 2006. I couldn’t take this position because of family reasons. Reference: Prof. Genaro Martell.

 

Member of APA (American Philosophical Association) since 2006.

 

Member of ISMP (International Society for MacIntyrean Philosophy), founded in 2007, from 2008.

 

Member of AEEFP (Asociación Española de Ética y Filosofía Política) since 2001.
 

Member of SHAF (Sociedad Hispánica de Antropología Filosófica) since 2008.

 

I participated in radio programme “Tal Com Som” (in COM Radio) to talk about the relation between Ethics and driving issues. June 29, 2005. 3-4 pm.

 
Concession of an european scholarship “Erasmus” (in 1998) to go for three months to University of Urbino (Urbino, Italia).

 

I worked correcting philosophical texts for books issued by Editorial Planeta, January-June 2001.

 

I published a literary tale titled “Juego” in Antología de relatos originales (vol. 3), Editorial Jamais, Sevilla, 2002.  

 

I was the director and presenter of the cultural radio programme “L’Estany” (in Radio 92). 1998.

 
I studied 4 official courses/years on Music (solfeo, guitar, etc.).