The goods of civilization

• Authors: Bogachov Andrii

Title variants

UK

Блага цивілізації

• Languages of publication: UK

Abstracts

UK

Давні стоїки казали, а наш Сковорода повторював: складне не потрібне, потрібне не складне. Це критерій справжнього блага. Що він означає для нас? Чи достатньо, як раніше, поділити блага на елементарні та штучні, матеріальні та духовні? Можливо, сьогодні слід виокремлювати блага цивілізації? Чим є цивілізація в аспекті життєвих потреб?

EN

The author contrasts the old (metaphysical) and modern differentiations of goods, defines the criteria of true goods. The metaphysical goods differentiation is egocentric; all goods are divided into elementary and artificial, material and spiritual. The modern differentiation also specifies the goods of civilization. These goods ensure life together without cruelty. They differ from material goods and spiritual goods. They are about truly human communication, which carries our intellectual (truth), moral (justice), expressive (art) continuation into other people’s lives. The more people adopted the goods of civilization (freedom, equality, human dignity), the more these goods are valid goods. The imperative of humanism: everyone should help to each person to adopt these goods. Civilization in the normative sense is integrity of culture and rational social system, ethical teleology and universal morality.

Keywords

EN

good, metaphysics, civilization, humanism, modernity

• Publisher: G.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Journal: Філософська Думка
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 43-50

Contributors

author

Bogachov Andrii