Modern Stoicism and the Responsibility for the Global Polis

• Authors: Stankiewicz Piotr
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article outlines the premises and promises of a modern comeback of Stoicism, particularly the question of reinterpretation of the original doctrine, the contemporary intricacies of the principle of “following nature,” and the foundations that modern Stoicism establishes for global responsibility.

Keywords

EN

Stoicism; modern Stoicism; ethics; virtue ethics; political philosophy; cosmopolitanism; responsibility

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Studies in Global Ethics and Global Education
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 54-62

Dates

published

2018-04-30

Contributors

author

Stankiewicz Piotr

• Uniwersytet Warszawski Instytut Filozofii Zakład Filozofii Religii

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Notes

DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0012.0388 URL: https://sgege.aps.edu.pl/resources/html/article/details?id=173128