Fundamental Knowledge for Citizen Practice

Abstract

We require a straightforward theory to guide citizen practice to build a civil and more humane authentic political society. We call this theory Fundamental Knowledge constituted by philosophy, anthropology, ethics, history, politics, and law. Philosophy, and Latin American philosophy, because it makes us aware of our cultural totality, of the meaning that our things and actions have, and indicates our identity. Anthropology because it reveals to us the complexity and dignity of all human beings, to whom we must first commit ourselves. Ethics, because from what is genuinely and universally good and ethical principles, we must criticize and self-criticize our customs, morals, personal and collective, to overcome violence and corruption. World and Latin American history because it shows us the lessons of the cultural past to understand how we have arrived at our present, what our position is in it and how we must project ourselves into the future in search of human fulfillment. Politics is the best in the practice of our philosophy, anthropology, ethics, and history through a review of the concept of power, its origin, and determinations. Moreover, the law, the culminating knowledge that articulates ethics and politics in a system of laws, is the guide to acting with justice in the political field.