Teachings of Popper's ethical principles

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Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
18 March 2024 Monday 10:36
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Teachings of Popper's ethical principles

* The author is part of the community of readers of La Vanguardia

Karl Raimund Popper (1902-1994) was an Austrian philosopher, political scientist and professor, naturalized British, famous for having founded falsificationism and for his theories of falsifiability and the demarcation criterion.

He is considered one of the most important philosophers of science of the 20th century. He educated at the University of Vienna. He has Kantian influences.

There are twelve principles aimed at professional ethics that should make us reflect on our way of acting.

Counting on the other means establishing a dialogue that in turn requires:

Where should these premises be taught? At universities, professional associations, scientific societies, hospitals. Ethics and bioethics should be transversal, secular and deliberative teachings.

In our environment, the philosopher Victòria Camps (Barcelona, ​​1941), emeritus professor, defends, among other things, ethics as an instrument for the formation of citizenship. She believes that philosophy is the most reflective discipline that helps you think. And that great ethical values ​​should be universal.