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HOW TO BECOME A DECENT PERSON IN THE MODERN WORLD. ON AGNES HELLER’S PHILOSOPHY OF MORALS
HOW TO BECOME A DECENT PERSON IN THE MODERN WORLD. ON AGNES HELLER’S PHILOSOPHY OF MORALS

Author(s): Xiaoyi Zhang
Subject(s): Philosophical Traditions, Social Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Fundacja Filozofia na Rzecz Dialogu
Keywords: moral philosophy; Agnes Heller; decent (good) person; personality; responsibility

Summary/Abstract: 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.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 165-176
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English
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