The philosophy in the world today: Ethics, violence and education in globalized society

Abstract

This article is a refection on the role of education in globalized society, starting from the hypothesis according to which, as part of the culture, it constitutes a space of struggle, around democracy, the values that are its own and the factors it attacks against it. Taking into account the critical contributions of social philosophy to the most pernicious elements of capitalist modernity, Which find their most extreme expression in the globalized society, the connection between moral degeneration, the role of education and the dangers faced by democracy under the infuence of certain hostile elements is pointed out, like the market, the corporate culture, and the interests that are inherent to them.

Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 148, 2016: 169-184