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Moving Ethically in the Present amidst Principles and Contradictions that Question us

Abstract:

Walking with ethics in the present (regarding the regulation of our profession) is an exercise that has been part of a heterogeneous set of reflections and practices as it requires an ontology of current times: what becomes an ethical problem in this current moment in which we live and how do we move with it? To address these questions, this study brings some of the history of deontological regulatory frameworks in dialogue with epistemological issues that constitute them and their developments regarding questions about contradictions and dilemmas and the need for ethical principles that guide and interrogate us in the present regarding our professional work. Ethics is understood as a form of relationship with otherness, stating that the deontological rules of the profession will always be dynamic, insufficient, and controversial and will pose dated dilemmas. Still, we need clear principles that imply rejecting omissions –which also constitute forms of violations and violence – and the legacies of colonial epistemologies and practices that psychology has historically produced and allied with as a science and profession. We reflect on contemporary situations and challenges for psychology, concluding that the accusation of politicization which falls on the ethical debates that are necessary for our professional practice shows an apprehensive fear of addressing the colonial secrets of this science and profession.

Keywords:
Psychology; Ethics; Professional Regulation; Violence; Colonialism

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