Moral e Ética nas relações de poder

Abstract

We are currently living in a historical moment in which human existence itself needs to be questioned. The pandemic tragedy is not only sanitary; It also untangles the inner "wounds" of our society with its structural problems that compromise the health of all inhabitants of the planet. And if we think of vaccines as the solution for a return to normality, we must ask: what do we mean by normal? Social stratification and inequality; structural racism and machismo; the destruction of our ecosystems and natural reserves. Could we consider all of this as normal or natural? Furthermore, what would be the basis for these problems which affect life on our globe? We argue here that the major issue is in the field of the evaluation. Our worldview, compromised by coloniality, driven by moral values, embodied in our social relations, needs to be questioned. For this reason we are proposing reflection and debate on morality and ethics, starting from a fundamental question: to what extent would values influence the power relations that define the field of politics? And how can we think about the similarities and differences of these relations from these two domains?