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Категория социальной ответственности в контексте развития философской мысли
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The category of social responsibility within the context
of development of philosophical reflection
© A.A. Popova
Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, 105005, Russia
The article deals with the problem of how the category of social responsibility has
formed since antiquity to the philosophical concepts of today. We analyse the social na-
ture of responsibility and its connection with human activity. We expand on the meaning
of social responsibility as a concept found in modern philosophical thought. We summa-
rise the Eastern and Western experiences in forming this category. We attempt to com-
pare the results achieved in both traditions. We emphasise the fact that the antique tradi-
tion (as embodied by Aristotle) did not yet introduce the concept of responsibility. We
attempt to retrace the formation of the concept we study, filling it with specific meaning
at later stages of the philosophical history: the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment,
and the modern period. We hypothesise that not only has the measure of human respon-
sibility increased in the risk society of today, but also that globalisation has intensified
this process.
Keywords
: social responsibility, collective responsibility, development of philosophical
thought, existentialism, pragmatism, philosophy of technology, responsibility ethics
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