Ginés Marco, dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Humanities, was awarded by the Washington Academy of Political Arts and Sciences (USA) for his book Loyalty (Tirant Lo Blanch, 2020). After receiving the award, Marco said, “Let true loyalty be the engine of politics and interpersonal relations.”
Taking the concept of loyalty from a “multi-faceted” perspective, Marco’s work was born after the jihadist attack on March 11, 2004, “when so much has been said about corporate loyalty, it questions the very action of the organization,” according to the author himself. Breaking down all the bridges of corporate loyalty in moments of government and private drama. Years later, Professor José Sanmartín encouraged me to explore the concept of loyalty”.
“Although not as complete as I would like, the work, despite its gaps and limitations, is based on a referent, and it is that fidelity deserves a special deconstructive analysis. The literal meaning of the term must be verified; Loyalty and infidelity also have their nuances. There is blind obedience at one end and disloyalty at the other,” he said.
In this way, the Dean of the UCV School of Philosophy, Letters and Humanities wanted to justify loyalty, both institutionally and personally, “because we are witnessing more and more times of vulnerability and dependence, and it is necessary to save that father. That image is foolish and is the germ of legitimizing euthanasia. that we despise because it is a burden, but also to friendship, because the concept of bias is often disparaged and there is a healthy bias”.
In short, “it is essential in these moments of division and collapse to save what unites us institutionally. Healthy interaction between people precedes unity that puts us at the center and makes us grateful. In Spain we have a collapsing national unity and in the age of ‘anti-discrimination’ there is more discrimination than ever before. It is appropriate to reclaim patriotism, to defend things that tear us apart, such as education. Political power should be a creditor of loyalty,” he argued.
Finally, the author mentioned the evaluation parameter that loyalty provides in state action. Such a parameter would be “positive if the government’s respect for human rights and minorities is recognized, and negative if a sectarian style of political action prevails that fuels differences and, with it, divisions among citizens.”