Reflexiones: universidad y ética

Abstract

The content of these reflections mainly concerns education and it is approached from different angles and perspectives. Many of these reflections, developed by the author, come from his experience in the offices that he held in the university environment, especially in the role as rector of the Santo Tomás University at Tunja and Bucaramanga.It should be noted that in the exercise of this type of office, the speeches are continuous, numerous and varied, and their contextual content responds to different circumstances, making all this an important fact in the life of Fray Faustino, which has been an opportunity to develop your thinking as an educator, preacher and spiritual guide. It's very very well know that in all of us there are those founding ideas, that are on the surface and that are drilling our cognitive heritage, and that through the trades we have the opportunity to clarify and condense them in the experience of life, and thus achieve those drops of wisdom in whom we recognize over the years as an exemplary and honest person, as a teacher. In a large part of his reflections, the author refers directly and indirectly to the subject of responsibility –which is explicitly confirmed by what is discussed in the third reflection of the text–, a subject that calls attention to the title: Responsibility of a rector and other managers. This section expresses the service for the truth, which translates into university life with some demands: learn to think rigorously, a healthy critical spirit, investigate, innovate, go further, overcome borders, public service, among others. These themes pass through the analytical crucible of the author, whom we identify as a connoisseur of the ethical issues of man, which he includes both in his thought and in his personal treatment, alive and fraternal to him. In education, learning from good practices and the advice of others is a great treasure for inspiring human thought and action. Fray Faustino brings the reader closer to the thoughts of various authors who will surely help to recreate our own behavior in the art of education and to firmly follow the most sensible warnings, to the point of saying with Pascal: All the good things have already been written. maxims. You just need to put them into practice.