Individual autonomy as a moral trend in the context of a social crisis

Andrey Vladimirovich Mironov,Lyudmila Nikolaevna Garas,Elena Nikolaevna Maksimova,M.A Zakharischeva,G.R Akramova

doi:10.1051/shsconf/202112103003

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The article analyzes the emergence of a philosophical problem of separating a person from the social world through the formation of an individual value model that presupposes an autonomous spiritual existence of an individual. The political and moral prerequisites of avoiding civic participation are considered. The study focuses on Seneca’s moral theory, revealing the interaction of an individual with society in the context of the transformation of values during a social crisis. The goal of this study is 1) to determine the mutual influence between social inversions and changes in the value models of citizen behavior in society during a social crisis; 2) to formulate the main components of the concept ‘individual autonomy’, presented as part of the ancient tradition; 3) to specify and substantiate moral views of individual alienation from social community; and 4) to find out the features of this trend’s development in the history of social philosophy. The method of historical and comparative analysis and the system method, which allows correlating historical facts and moral interpretations of social events proposed by the Roman authors, are used as a means of reaching the abovementioned goals. The evidence of interrelation between the ancient tradition and subsequent forms of individual autonomy is proposed. Forms of communication with society as part of the self-isolation model of an individual from social activities are presented. The moral contradiction between the official paradigm of morality and a personal perception of social reality is put forward as the basis of social isolation.

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The interaction of a man and society in the context of social distrust is due to the shift of the value system of the individual from socially significant goals to the sphere of personal interests that take on various forms of self-realization of the individual
Analysis of the philosophical tradition of individual autonomy contributes to the understanding of significant relationships between citizens, which determine the atmosphere in society at this stage of development
The philosophical tradition of the perception of a person as a social being in ancient Greece was based on the need of society in an active civil process, the unification of private interests with universally significant aspirations of an ethnos

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The interaction of a man and society in the context of social distrust is due to the shift of the value system of the individual from socially significant goals to the sphere of personal interests that take on various forms of self-realization of the individual. Civil exclusion from problems experienced by the state poses a threat to national security, especially during periods of internal instability, as the unifying social principle containing resources for overcoming the crisis gets lost, and moral ethics based on a common worldview are replaced by a formal imitation of civil participation. The experience of past thinkers provides an opportunity to highlight the conceptual vectors of social communication and use them as a means of overcoming social differences

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