This Tuesday, March 17, the University of Salamanca hosted the meeting “The great debates of the School of Salamanca: occupation, war, economy, justice and rights”, an activity that is part of the programming of the V Centenary of the School of Salamanca, where the participants revived some of the intellectual and moral issues that marked their thinking and that still continue to generate debate today.
Specialists such as Izaskun Álvarez participated in the meeting, who addressed the question “What was the occupation of America like?”; David Jiménez Castaño, who analyzed whether “the concept of just war exists”; Mar Cebrián Villar, who reflected on whether “economic benefit has moral limits”; José María Garrán, who explored how decisions about aid and justice were made in contexts of scarcity; and Nieves Sanz Mulas, who analyzed the defense of the rights of indigenous peoples.
According to University sources, the interventions addressed issues such as the occupation of America, the concept of just war, the moral limits of economic benefit or the principles of justice in situations of scarcity, as well as the role of the defense of indigenous peoples in the development of modern human rights, allowing public participation with issues. At the same time, they were offered an approach to debates that contributed to laying the foundations for fundamental concepts such as international law, economic justice or human rights.
