Inauguration ceremony of the Institute of Applied Ethics: Promoting ethical training and research practices.

💡 The ceremony is the inauguration of the Institute of Applied Ethics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

🌟 The importance of ethics in professional development and the role of universities in teaching ethical values.

🔍 The Institute aims to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and research in applied ethics.

👥 The Institute of Applied Ethics aims to empower professionals and students to lead a good life and contribute to a good society.

🙌 The institute focuses on the development of University Ethics and the importance of fostering a culture of trust within academic institutions.

🔎 One of the main challenges is to promote ethical discernment in both professional and personal spheres, and to maintain the trust of society through research integrity.

💉 The belief that vaccines can cause autism originated from a flawed study published in 1998.

🔬 The lack of trust in research due to misconduct can lead to negative consequences, such as low vaccination rates and the spread of diseases.

🔬💡 To address research misconduct and regain trust, a combination of social epistemology and virtue epistemology is proposed.

🏛️ Institutions should support and adapt to the activities and goals of individuals, rather than the other way around.

💼 Activities in various fields are carried out by different agents working together to achieve a common goal, which gives them meaning and social legitimacy.

🎓 Universities have historically had three main goals: training professionals, conducting research, and creating an academic environment.

🌐 We are not in a post-truth world; the concept of post-truth is a misleading notion that appeals to emotions rather than objective truth.

🎓 Universities should prioritize the pursuit of truth, transmit knowledge to both young and adult generations, and foster a sense of community.

🔬 Applied ethics play a crucial role in pluralistic societies, where citizens need to find common ethical ground while respecting diverse perspectives.

💡 Ethics should be interdisciplinarily applied to address complex societal problems, involving principles from various ethical theories.

⚖️ Ethics applied should focus on both justice and happiness, finding ethical minimums agreed upon by society while respecting diverse conceptions of a good life.

There are two fundamental ethical frameworks: deontological and virtuous.

Ethics should serve people, improve their lives, and empower them.

Ethics should be a collaborative dialogue between different perspectives.

There is a positive synergy between secular and Christian ethics.

Universities have a responsibility to educate mature and compassionate citizens.

All topics can be discussed and argued with rationality and critical thinking.

Technology and innovation should be managed with ethical considerations.

Integration of Kantian ethics and virtue ethics is possible and necessary.

📚 The video discusses the importance of combining deontological ethics with Kantian ethics, emphasizing the value and dignity of each individual.

🎨 The speaker acknowledges the complexity of ethics in the arts, as different forms of art may prioritize truth, beauty, or other aspects of ethical expression.

📜 In regards to constitution-making, the speaker suggests that a constitution should be concise and focus on justice as the foundation for individuals to pursue their life plans, with protection for civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights.

💡 The new institute should consider all ethical approaches, such as deontologism, virtue ethics, and utilitarianism, depending on the situation and context, while emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and a solid foundation in philosophy.

🎖️ The professor is recognized for her significant contributions to applied ethics and is awarded the Golden Centennial Medal by the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.