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The Idea of Humanity in the Context of Contemporary Ethics

(Original title: Idea humánnosti v kontextoch súčasnej etiky)
Filozofia, 60 (2005), 7, 512-531.
Type of work: Papers
Publication language: Slovak
Abstract

The humanity is examined on two levels: first as a natural biological quality having a moral dimension and a moral impact, and then as a moral quality, which is a specific human product and a result of cultural evolution, i.e. of human moral deve-lopment. According to the forms of the realized humanity the author differentiates between active and passive forms of humanity; the active humanity is further divided into a positive and a negative ones.

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