All genuine philosophy transcends national boundaries. Patriotic philosophies are just nationalist ideologies.
Mario BungeUnder theocracies and other authoritarian regimes, the rulers are the moral authorities. Under genuine democracy some basic values are entrenched in the legal system, which is expected to be under democratic vigilance, and others are left to the person or the group, which ideally debate moral problems in a rational, free and cooperative manner.
Mario BungePhilosophy can help laymen spot and reject the numerous pseudoscientific beliefs that survive in the media, such as the fantasies of psychoanalysts, evolutionary psychologists, and economic equilibrium theorists.
Mario BungeWhereas science elicits changes in order to know, technology knows in order to elicit changes.
Mario Bunge