Universidad y ciudadanía. Una propuesta ético-filosófica a partir del modelo de la educación liberal

Abstract

This essay constitutes an exposition and defense of the model of "liberal education" as a tool for the production of knowledge, expression of meanings and construction of citizenship in the horizon of university education in our environment. We propose to introduce this model in the context of the debate between the humanist university and the format of the university-business. The premise of our approach is that a merely mercantilist reading of university education distorts its fundamental condition and objectives, namely, the care of research and the forging of a democratic citizenship. A genuine humanist-inspired higher education requires the incorporation of care in philosophy and the humanities as a decisive factor for the acquisition and exercise of abilities, skills and excellence that are essential for the development of knowledge and public agency.