about chapter 1: 'De qué va la ética'

Having read the term freedom, I considered important to clarify what ideas that word brought to my mind.
We've already marked the innate need in human beings of distinguishing between right and wrong as our starting point for discussing ethics. And if we take those ideas in terms of things that are or not “convenient” for us, we are likely to fall in generalizations. Freedom, as it is expressed in Savater’s book, needs to handle what we want to do and what we ought to do.
Now, are we aware of the power we are given with freedom? And how does it concern us as teachers?
We are not capable of choosing what happens to us, but we have the tremendous weapon of choosing the best way possible to react. We have the opportunity to try, even if we fail. That is to say that we, teachers, have the power of choosing how we will face the reality we need to. Furthermore, we have in our hands the chance of deciding if we want to react, how we will do so.

In Savater’s terms ethics is the art of living. We don’t have to panic at the idea of failing. Every single day we are given the opportunity to invent and choose. It is up to us if we decide to commit ourselves, to work hard and to choose the path we want to follow in our careers.