Vita familiare ed educazione ai valori: quali sfide oggi?

From an ethical point of view, family is the primary relational context, but also the most implicit and somehow elusive. Family life, in its concrete occurrence of shared experiences, finds in everyday life the privileged scenario of its own moral education: however, there is not always awareness of the ethical imprinting left by this daily life. In particular, it is important to investigate reasons and meanings of family values transmission, with reference to the current historical moment. From an ethical point of view, with regard to the complexity of epochal challenges, we will propose to understand family as an “enabling” context, in which care can also be expressed through forms of attention and responsibility in respect to others and to the world. Within this capability approach, family educational responsibility, often flattened on mere protective functions, can play a crucial role in promoting a civic culture, making its members aware, critical and participating citizens, capable of experimenting and pursuing the common good.