Photo (from left): Janine Ribeiro, Henrique Cardoso, Paul Singer and Marques Moreira

A packed auditorium marked the holding, on April 18, of the Seminar The Culture of Transgressions in Brazil: Scenarios of Tomorrow, promoted by ETCO and Instituto Fernando Henrique Cardoso (iFHC) with lectures by Aristides Junqueira, former attorney general of the Republic; Paul Singer, economist and national secretary of Solidarity Economy; and Renato Janine Ribeiro, professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy at USP.

For Marcílio Marques Moreira "the partnership with iFHC has been valuable to sustain the discussion on the issue of transgression, since the innovations of society have to obey permanent guidelines, with regard to ethical principles".

During the meeting, Fernando Henrique Cardoso said he was “relatively optimistic about the future” and spoke about the risks of small concessions. "As long as it accepts the assumptions that small theft is not theft or that stealing a little is not stealing, society will not make the necessary move that will lead to the effective criminal and social sanction of transgression," warned the former president.

Among the 80 guests present, iFHC included names such as Celso Lafer, José Pastore, José Gregori, Leôncio Martins Rodrigues, as well as Hoche Pulcherio and ETCO representatives.

This seminar continued the series Culture of Transgressions, which has had two editions: Lições da História, in 2007, and Visões do Presente, in 2009. As in previous years, this edition will be transformed into a book that ETCO will publish in the second half of this year.