Moralitatea – aspect definitoriu al comportamentului uman, în viziunea lui N. Steinhardt
Morality – A Defi ning Aspect of the Human Behavior in the Views of N. Steinhardt

Summary/Abstract: In his writings, as well as in life, N. Steinhardt proved he had a special interest in guiding and advising people from a moral perspective. He had a great ability to uncover – especially in the books he read – moral-based references. He also believed that there is a strong connection between a work of art and life and between a work of art and its author. Starting from here, N. Steinhardt, even though he wrote in communist times, pointed out unequivocally the moral sideslips of his times: the lie; social relations undermined by lack of trust; the mendacity of behavior; unfounded wickedness. On the other hand, he underlined the uplifting sense of freedom, courage, fi delity, truth, gratitude, and good. A fi rst ethical approach found in his works is about the realities of his time, Steinhardt’s axiological perspective focusing on the identifi cation, the affi rmation, and the recognition of the state of affairs of communism and of its effects on human thought and behavior. In a second register, N. Steinhardt warns about the blamable acts of people; whereas in a third register he offers a few practical solutions with the purpose of “healing” from a moral perspective the man and the society. Steinhardt also remarked the moral qualities of the writer. In his vision however, Christianity can’t possibly be reduced to morality or moral attitude. These two can’t be one, as morality is but the proof of inner transformation determined by faith, whereas Christianity is the way of actually living through faith

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