Ética da responsabilidade como pilar da cidadania no século XXI

Abstract

The unbridled scientific and biotechnological development that has taken place throughout the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century has raised many questions regarding the preservation of the integrity and dignity of human life and the safeguarding of all future life on Earth. Concern for the existence of Life, both now and in the future, requires the presence of a global (bio) civic ethic, which favors the development of a critical and reflexive moral consciousness that is the driving force of deliberating and acting ethically responsible of the citizen of the 21st century. This has been classified as an apathetic and inert being, little concerned with the future of humanity. Such a situation induces us to reflect on what has led to such a social inertia in a democratically free society. From our point of view, we consider that the affirmation of freedom as the background of current society is insufficient for the maintenance of an active citizenship. In this sense, we understand that it is necessary that the ethics of responsibility be affirmed as a structuring principle of citizens committed and committed to the development of community life, which is intended to be global, fair and supportive.Therefore, in this article, in addition to analyzing the pertinent requirement of global (bio) civic ethics, we address the need for an ethics of responsibility to be affirmed as a structuring principle of citizens committed and committed to the development of community life, which is intended globally , Fair, solidary. In this way, we discuss and discuss the concept of responsibility that is emerging for the 21st century and reflect on the educational process that must be involved in training for active and responsible citizenship.