"Human flourishing requires a robust form of governmental pluralism with autonomy in its domains". This was stated by David Thunder, researcher principal of the project RESPUBLICA of the Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) of the University of Navarra, in the context of the international symposium Ex Pluribus Unum: articulating Res Publica in a complex society. 

The event, funded by the Fundación Ciudadanía y Valores and Proeduca, featured speakers from institutions in the USA, Spain, Italy, India, UK and Sweden. It was part of the III International congress 'Philosophy and City'.

"The human good is susceptible to a wide range of different interpretations and involves a wide range of dimensions," said researcher of the ICS. In his view, this calls for "a form of civil order that can facilitate cooperation, a plurality of diverse and independent governments with strong forms of authority over their respective domains."

Conceptualization, institutionalization and governance

Las sesiones de la mañana giraron en torno a la conceptualización de una república pluralista y fueron impartidas por Vlad Tarko, del department de Economics Política y Ciencias Morales de la Universidad de Arizona (EE. UU.); Paolo Monti, from department of Humanities for the Education of the University of programs of study of Milan Bicocca and the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (Italy); David Thunder, from ICS; and Mark Hoipkemier, Professor of Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Navarra.

During the afternoon, two sessions were held on institutionalization and on the government of the polycentric republic. Speakers included Pablo Paniagua, from the Centre for the Study of Government and Society at King's College (UK); Elliot Bulmer, from the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral attendance ; Esteban Rocha, from the Henley Business School of the University of Reading (UK); and Shelly Kulshrestha, from the Urban Lab Foundation (India).