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Discrimination of HIV-infected people

HIV-infectedHIV was called a plague of 20-th century, however, it matters now too. Virus is widely spread and it frightens most of us. There is a million HIV-positive people living in Russia. Every hundredth in St.Petersburg is HIV-positive. This fall l conducted a study how HIV-negative people treat HIV-positive. Output is the fact that people are badly inlight^ned. Few of them could name all the ways of Continue reading

Expectation: ethical aspects

expectationExactly a century ago, there was a significant “reformatting” of both the entire social space and the world outlook of Russians. And it was precisely this kind of breakdown that none of the faithful sons of the country seriously foresaw.

Оutlook on life of Russians of the early Continue reading

The principles of fair play in sport

fair-playThe principles of honest sport was introduced to the world for the first time by the Ancient Greeks, where the stadium for them was the arena of sporting competition. But nowadays the situation has changed. Core values, philosophy of sports and the real value of the athletes the controversial and dialect. Continue reading

Terror in Russian revolutionary movement in the second half of XIX – early XX centuries

19vekRUPolitical life in the Russian Empire in the second half of XIX – early XX century is closely connected with the origin, development and decline of revolutionary terror against the officials at all levels. A high level of social inequality, incompleteness of reforms of the 1860 – 1870s and the reactionary policy of the tsarist government became the environment that contributed to the formation of the revolutionary parties, that chose terror as main method of struggle. Continue reading

Philosophical ideas of American romanticism in 19th century

American romanticismAmerican romanticism was formed in the 19th century, as a kind of paradigm of philosophical, literary and scientific views. This unique phenomenon of world culture had a tremendous impact on the aesthetical, ethical, political and philosophical ideas of the second half of the 19th century. Continue reading

The role of Faith and Mind in philosophical and political point of view

faithLittle is known about life of a medieval thinker Marsilius of Padua. Marsilius’s family belonged to the famous kin of Maynardino and was one of the most respected in Padua. Marsilius’s father served as a university notary. Although the University of Padua could not compete with glory of the University of Bologna or Paris, the University of Padua developed its own philosophical school in the XIII century which was based on the study of Continue reading

Value conflicts in the publication ethics in modern university

plagiat23The desire to ensure the high quality of scientific literature determines the formation and cultivation of the values of publication ethics in the modern academic community. Back in 1997, the International Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) was established, which has been advising editors and publishers of scientific literature on issues of Continue reading

On the possibility of a rationally justified moral judgment

moral judgmentHistorically, all logical deliberations have been divided into theoretical and practical ones. The division is usually explained by reference to the distinct final goals of each type of judgment: theoretical reasoning aims at grasping the truth of some proposition, but practical reasoning proceeds by reaching a practical judgment with an aim of using it as a basis for a subsequent action. Continue reading

Ethics of responsibility in the case of using drons and combat robots

dronsModern achievements of technological progress (unmanned aerial vehicle, robots, etc.) and their involvement in warfare emphasize the need to revise the ethics of responsibility and the formation of a new concept for ethical discourse.

Nowadays, technology can make accurate Continue reading

Compromise as a means for resolving value conflict

propagandistSpecificity values conflicts in professional ethics is determined by the specificity of the professions themselves. In some they can be resolved quite simply, within the framework of established procedures, regulated by professional codes, others have indeed cause dramatic consequences, up to the split in society.

Among those with good reason can be Continue reading