Abstract

HAMBURGER FERNANDEZ, Álvaro Andrés. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN LATIN AMERICA: PUBLIC SPACE AND CITIZENSHIP IN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE. rev.latinoam.bioet. [online]. 2013, vol.13, n.2, pp.32-47. ISSN 1657-4702.

Human development and the quality of life of a society are manifested in many ways. However, these aspects will always be associated with the full realization and expression of community life, social life and this way will become apparent in the realization of values like inclusion, participation, solidarity and equity. This article defines and characterizes civic ethics and proposes this as a space for reflection and action from which it is possible to reconstruct and express more adequately the categories of public space and citizenship in Latin America. As we know, our region has historically characterized by having high levels of exclusion of the popular sectors in all matters pertaining to the political, economic and social life, and this situation has led a large percentage of the population (especially originating, African Americans and women) have not been appropriate or sufficient accessed to the benefits of citizenship and democracy as expressions of the public issues. Thus, this text states that civic ethics contains theoretical and practical references that would make possible the reorganization and reconfiguration of Latin American society, so that the values inherent to community life ensure coexistence and balance of truly democratic and humanly developed cultures. In accordance with the statements, it first analyzes the contemporary theoretical debate on public space and citizenship and its impact on the configuration of Latin American societies, then civic ethics is presented as a viable alternative that can contribute decisively and effectively to achieving this configuration.

Keywords : Civic ethics; inclusion; equity; democracy.

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