ETHICAL VIEW ON SLOVAK, HUNGARIAN AND ROMA RELATIONS IN SLOVAKIA IN THE CONTEXT OF MULTICULTURALISM
ETHICAL VIEW ON SLOVAK, HUNGARIAN AND ROMA RELATIONS IN SLOVAKIA IN THE CONTEXT OF MULTICULTURALISM

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the ethical view on the possibilities of coexistence of Slovaks, Hungarians and Roma people in Slovakia. The history of coexistence of the three ethnic groups in Slovakia is briefly discussed. The paper is based on Kant´s concept of culture associated with the idea of morality. It also considers the viability of the concept of multiculturalism. It considers it nonfunctional. Here it relies on the arguments posed by Dupkala, namely the division of cultures into value commensurable and incommensurable. The paper attempts to characterize relations between Slovaks and Hungarians and relations between Slovaks and Roma. It concludes that the interpersonal relations between the Hungarians and the Slovaks are conflict-free and that conflicts in the past were of a highly political nature. On the contrary, the relationship between Roma and Slovaks differentiates according to whether it is an adaptable part of the Roma or not. In the latter case, the root of the problem is value incommensurability.

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