How to Become a Decent Person in the Modern World. On Agnes Heller’s Philosophy of Morals

• Authors: Zhang Xiaoyi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper explores Agnes Heller’s theory of morals. A widespread belief claims that Europe has been in a general spiritual crisis and cultural anxiety since the 20th century. A number of thinkers in Central and Eastern Europe contributed to theoretical-ly dealing with this crisis; they intended to reconstruct and so change European culture. They reflected modernity from the standpoint of cultural criticism with deep moral concern and a high sense of historical responsibility. Among them, Heller deeply ana-lyzes the human condition and dilemma of morals in the modern world, and in effect proposes an ethics of personality.

Keywords

EN

moral philosophy; Agnes Heller; decent (good) person; personality; responsibility

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 166-167

Contributors

author

Zhang Xiaoyi

• Heilongjiang University, Xuefu Road 74, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China