Modalities of moral responsibility

The paper proposes a comprehensive understanding of responsibility as the intersection of moral relations of care, dependence and freedom. The author defines three main modes of responsible acts. It is shown that traditional morality tended to preserve the object of care and to conserve existing rel...

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Published inVestnik Rossiĭskogo universiteta druzhby narodov. Serii͡a︡ Filosofii͡a no. 2; pp. 37 - 45
Main Author A A Sychev
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 01.12.2015
Subjects
возможное
должное
забота
зависимость
модальность
моральная ответственность
свобода
сущее
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Summary:The paper proposes a comprehensive understanding of responsibility as the intersection of moral relations of care, dependence and freedom. The author defines three main modes of responsible acts. It is shown that traditional morality tended to preserve the object of care and to conserve existing relations, norms and virtues (responsibility for “is”). Modernity orientated subjects towards the complying with the requirements of universal duty and ideal patterns of behavior, determined by moral authority (responsibility for “ought to”). Since the mid-twentieth century public concern has been associated with the dilemmas of applied ethics depended on the free choice of moral subject (responsibility for “may be”).
ISSN:2313-2302
2408-8900