Michal Valčo
Biographic Data
| ID | 1117847 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michal Valčo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michal |
| FAMILY NAME | Valčo |
| SIGNATURE | VALČO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Comenius University Bratislava |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4730-5739 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Challenge of Implementing Social Justice in a Developing Market Economy
Our paper explores the challenges of implementing social justice in Slovakia, a developing market economy with a complex historical background. We provide an overview of Slovakia’s political and socio-economic transformations in the 20th century, focusing on the transition from a state-planned to a market economy (1990–2000). While analyzing contemporary challenges, we explore the role of Michael Novak’s democratic capitalism and Catholic social …
Samuel Štefan Osuský’s Critique of Church and Society in the Face of Totalitarianism
This paper provides a systematic review analysis of the relevant works of Slovak philosopher and theologian Samuel Štefan Osuský (1888-1975), focusing on his critical perspective concerning the responses of the Church (mainly the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Augsburg Confession in Slovakia) and society to the ideological and political dangers of fascism and Nazism in 20th-century Central Europe. Drawing on his major writings, including his prop…
Human Dignity in Inpatient Care
Background: Navigating inpatient care can be complex and distressing for patients, particularly as they grapple with the emotional and physical changes brought about by their condition. Ensuring the preservation of human dignity during this period is vital, as it directly influences an individual's self-esteem and overall quality of life, most prominently during end-of-life care. The hospital milieu and the behaviour of healthcare professionals c…
John Locke’s thoughts on human rights
Our paper examines John Locke’s legacy pertaining to the topic of human rights as it is exemplified and manifested in the contemporary philosophical discourse in the West. Besides core philosophical issues, we also notice the ethical and/or religious-ethical aspects of the current debates. Our assessment starts with identifying significant contextual influences on Locke’s thinking. In the next section, we provide a concise summary of Locke’s key …
Thinking with John Locke about the nature of human rights
Our paper explores important topics related to John Locke’s thoughts on human rights and their viability for our contemporary discourse on the subject. We begin by exploring Locke’s education and epistemological reflections as factors that influenced his political philosophy. Next, we examine Locke’s views on the ‘state of nature,’ ‘law of nature,’ and ‘natural rights’ and show how his ideas have recently been appropriated (or contested) by Vietn…
The culture of the body in the media space of postmodern society
According to M. Fforde, the era of postmodernity is characterized by a form of cultural collapse, as it reveals many phenomena indicating that contemporary humans are on the path towards ‘desocialization.’ This process represents an overall cultural shift as well as changes in the existing anthropological paradigms. This paper is dedicated to an analysis of the issue of religion as social capital in conditions of increasing societal risks. We wor…
Philosophical roots of the slovak national revival movement in mid-19th century
The Memorandum events from June 1861 constitute an important milestone in the development and shaping of the Slovak nation, its culture, political self-awareness, and national self-determination. Formulated and approved by the First Slovak National Gathering on June 6-7, 1861 in Martin, the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation to the upper chamber of the Hungarian parliament, containing the Petitions of the Slovak Nation which ask for a just enactment…
A philosophical-sociological diagnosis of youth subcultures in the context of social changes
The article focuses on a diagnosis of youth subcultures in the context of public security. The authors, through their empirical research, exhibit favored, by subcultures, moral values, their processes of socialization as well as a particular type of responsibility showed by members of youth subcultures. The following subcultures were taken into consideration by the empirical research: the skinhead, the hip-hop, the chav, the punk, the metal, and …
The “Relational Self”
Countering the forces of depersonalization and dehumanization which ran rampant in the course of the 20 th century, the personalist movement (Mounier, Maritain, etc.) has made a solid attempt to lay the foundations for protecting human dignity, reorienting modern philosophical endeavors to focus again on basic questions of anthropology. While appreciating the motives and emphases of personalism in philosophy, the authors of this article argue in …
The philosophy of human rights and the ‘political man’
Vietnam is a fast-developing economy, undergoing major changes in education, sciences, the use of technologies, and the building up of infrastructure, to mention some of the most important ones. Besides the advancements of sciences, technology and the overall influences of the process of globalization on the Vietnamese society, however, there are serious challenges to be coped with. The liberalization of Vietnam's economy has brought abrupt shift…
Identity of adolescents and its dimensions in the relation to Mass media
V lnku je prioritne analyzovan otzka formovania identity adolescenta vo vzahu k masmdim, s osobitnm zameranm na televziu. Kovm zmerom je na zklade realizovanho vskumu (na vzorke 259 adolescentov-vysokokolkov vo vekovom rozpt 18-22 rokov) vedecky skma svislos medzi formujcou sa identitou adolescenta a socializanm psobenm televzie; analyzova to, ako adolescenti vnmaj televziu a podnety ou ponkan pre sebareflexiu; a identifikova ich postoje k obsaho…
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Identity of adolescents and its dimensions in the relation to Mass media
V lnku je prioritne analyzovan otzka formovania identity adolescenta vo vzahu k masmdim, s osobitnm zameranm na televziu. Kovm zmerom je na zklade realizovanho vskumu (na vzorke 259 adolescentov-vysokokolkov vo vekovom rozpt 18-22 rokov) vedecky skma svislos medzi formujcou sa identitou adolescenta a socializanm psobenm televzie; analyzova to, ako adolescenti vnmaj televziu a podnety ou ponkan pre sebareflexiu; a identifikova ich postoje k obsaho…
The “Relational Self”
Countering the forces of depersonalization and dehumanization which ran rampant in the course of the 20 th century, the personalist movement (Mounier, Maritain, etc.) has made a solid attempt to lay the foundations for protecting human dignity, reorienting modern philosophical endeavors to focus again on basic questions of anthropology. While appreciating the motives and emphases of personalism in philosophy, the authors of this article argue in …
The philosophy of human rights and the ‘political man’
Vietnam is a fast-developing economy, undergoing major changes in education, sciences, the use of technologies, and the building up of infrastructure, to mention some of the most important ones. Besides the advancements of sciences, technology and the overall influences of the process of globalization on the Vietnamese society, however, there are serious challenges to be coped with. The liberalization of Vietnam's economy has brought abrupt shift…
A philosophical-sociological diagnosis of youth subcultures in the context of social changes
The article focuses on a diagnosis of youth subcultures in the context of public security. The authors, through their empirical research, exhibit favored, by subcultures, moral values, their processes of socialization as well as a particular type of responsibility showed by members of youth subcultures. The following subcultures were taken into consideration by the empirical research: the skinhead, the hip-hop, the chav, the punk, the metal, and …
Philosophical roots of the slovak national revival movement in mid-19th century
The Memorandum events from June 1861 constitute an important milestone in the development and shaping of the Slovak nation, its culture, political self-awareness, and national self-determination. Formulated and approved by the First Slovak National Gathering on June 6-7, 1861 in Martin, the Memorandum of the Slovak Nation to the upper chamber of the Hungarian parliament, containing the Petitions of the Slovak Nation which ask for a just enactment…
Thinking with John Locke about the nature of human rights
Our paper explores important topics related to John Locke’s thoughts on human rights and their viability for our contemporary discourse on the subject. We begin by exploring Locke’s education and epistemological reflections as factors that influenced his political philosophy. Next, we examine Locke’s views on the ‘state of nature,’ ‘law of nature,’ and ‘natural rights’ and show how his ideas have recently been appropriated (or contested) by Vietn…
The culture of the body in the media space of postmodern society
According to M. Fforde, the era of postmodernity is characterized by a form of cultural collapse, as it reveals many phenomena indicating that contemporary humans are on the path towards ‘desocialization.’ This process represents an overall cultural shift as well as changes in the existing anthropological paradigms. This paper is dedicated to an analysis of the issue of religion as social capital in conditions of increasing societal risks. We wor…
John Locke’s thoughts on human rights
Our paper examines John Locke’s legacy pertaining to the topic of human rights as it is exemplified and manifested in the contemporary philosophical discourse in the West. Besides core philosophical issues, we also notice the ethical and/or religious-ethical aspects of the current debates. Our assessment starts with identifying significant contextual influences on Locke’s thinking. In the next section, we provide a concise summary of Locke’s key …
Human Dignity in Inpatient Care
Background: Navigating inpatient care can be complex and distressing for patients, particularly as they grapple with the emotional and physical changes brought about by their condition. Ensuring the preservation of human dignity during this period is vital, as it directly influences an individual's self-esteem and overall quality of life, most prominently during end-of-life care. The hospital milieu and the behaviour of healthcare professionals c…
The Challenge of Implementing Social Justice in a Developing Market Economy
Our paper explores the challenges of implementing social justice in Slovakia, a developing market economy with a complex historical background. We provide an overview of Slovakia’s political and socio-economic transformations in the 20th century, focusing on the transition from a state-planned to a market economy (1990–2000). While analyzing contemporary challenges, we explore the role of Michael Novak’s democratic capitalism and Catholic social …
Samuel Štefan Osuský’s Critique of Church and Society in the Face of Totalitarianism
This paper provides a systematic review analysis of the relevant works of Slovak philosopher and theologian Samuel Štefan Osuský (1888-1975), focusing on his critical perspective concerning the responses of the Church (mainly the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Augsburg Confession in Slovakia) and society to the ideological and political dangers of fascism and Nazism in 20th-century Central Europe. Drawing on his major writings, including his prop…
Philosophy (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Political science (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Environmental ethics (5 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Human rights (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)