Lorenzo Tempera

(Tutor: Prof. Angela Taraborrelli)

In 2019, I obtained my Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Rome – “Sapienza” with a thesis in Bioethics regarding Hans Jonas’ perspective on euthanasia, under the supervision of Prof. Caterina Botti. Later, in 2024, I obtained my Master’s Degree from the University of Bologna – “Alma Mater Studiorum,” with a thesis in Legal Philosophy aimed at redefining the status and function of criminal sanction, supervised by Prof. Marina Lalatta Costerbosa and co-supervised by Prof. Paola Rudan. Since 2025, I have been enrolled in the PhD Program in Philosophy, Epistemology, Human Sciences at the University of Cagliari.

Throughout my studies and academic career, I have had the opportunity to develop my research interests in the fields of Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Law, with particular attention to Neoconstitutionalism, so-called “Inclusive Positivism,” and the New Natural Law theory, as well as the intense debate – particularly in the Anglo-American context – between liberalism and legal moralism. Furthermore, I have also pursued studies related to the variegated sphere of communitarian thought and the theme of secularization in contemporary Western societies.

My research project stems from the observation of the apparently irreversible crisis of Western democracies and of the liberal paradigm, increasingly caught in the grip of autocratic, if not openly despotic, distortions. Interpreting neoliberalism as both the theoretical apex and the final stage of this paradigm, my research seeks to address the possibility of developing a post-liberal redefinition of democracy through the bio-sociological concept of “autopoiesis”.