COGNITIVE ASPECT OF MORAL DISCOURSE IN THE COMMUNICATIVE BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS

Abstract

In the proposed research, the moral discourse of the students’ linguistic personality, realized in their communicative behavior, was investigated. It is noted that the analysis of modern moral discourse is particularly relevant due to the fact that language retardation is strongly felt in the sphere of spiritual life. In the cognitive aspect, moral discourse is characterized by such concepts that fix certain values and carry meanings. The actual basis for writing the article was the author’s observations of the communicative behavior of students of the Ukrainian Humanitarian Institute in Bucha, Kyiv region. Therefore, the article states that the general cognitive base for users of moral discourse, in particular students, is the moral culture of the people who speak a certain language and embody their spiritual and historical experience in it, and upbringing in the family, at school, etc. The understanding of moral discourse in scientific research is carried out through the prism of the definition of Yu. Habermas, for whom moral discourse is the operation of statements that have a cognitive status and claim normative significance. Taking it as the most successful interpretation of the mentioned term, S. Romanchuk represents the moral and value norms implemented by student youth in various forms of communicative behavior. At the same time, she analyzes the cognitive character of students’ moral actions. The article emphasizes that moral discourse is specific in that the most important role in it is played by the subject’s self-communication. Thanks to his “inner language”, self-presentation of moral consciousness, understanding of one’s own behavior and experience, such phenomena as “voice of conscience”, “voice of the heart”, etc. are directly given. It is concluded that the cognitive aspect of the moral discourse is related to establishing the value of the values contained in the concepts of moral consciousness of the students and represented in their communicative behavior.