Man in Informational Society: From Moral Identification to Moral Identity
Man in Informational Society: From Moral Identification to Moral Identity

Summary/Abstract: Purpose: to comprehend the peculiarities of the phenomenon of moral identification of a man in conditions of the information society. Methods: the whole complex of philosophical general scientific and specific methods inherent in philosophical research, in their interconnection and complementarity. The research methodology is based on the principles of system and structural-functional analysis. Scientific novelty: information society is an unlimited space for self-designing of a person, on the one hand, expanding the space of identification, and on the other hand - narrowing the very identity by choosing the ways and forms of self-identification. This conditions the emergence of polyidentity which leads to the instability of the socio-cultural space of the information society. Conclusions: the problem of identification of a man in a changing world-view paradigm of the information society is relevant and requires at the philosophical level the development of settings that help an individual to maintain his identity under the intense influence of information flows. In the process of acquiring moral identity by a person in the information society, communication becomes of particular importance.

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