Masaryk’s Ethics
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004534919_007" target="_blank" >10.1163/9789004534919_007</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Masaryk’s Ethics
Original language description
The values of Masaryk’s ethics are connected with humanist ideals that apply to all of humanity and are therefore valid even when we depart from his idea of the ‘meaning of Czech history’. They are the ideals of actively promoting democracy and improving the organisation of society for the benefit of all its classes, while at the individual level presupposing an effort to improve oneself. The emphasis on equality of all people, and especially of women, makes his ethics relevant even in the twenty-first century. Philosophically, it is grounded in the ethics of emotion, especially David Hume, but it is also based on the religious imperative to love one’s neighbour. As evidenced by his statements in university lectures and the final summaries given in interviews with Karel Čapek, Masaryk’s ethics presupposes that people are responsible for their own actions. In addition to the role of the individual, Masaryk is also aware of the importance of community, which for him means mainly family and nation. Masaryk considered emphasis on the national question to be a necessity of the times. He assumed equality of nations and foresaw the future creation of a unifying organisation, such as the United Nations.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Recalling Masaryk’s The Czech Question. Humanity and Politics on the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century
ISBN
978-90-04-53490-2
Number of pages of the result
17
Pages from-to
82-98
Number of pages of the book
282
Publisher name
Brill
Place of publication
Leiden
UT code for WoS chapter
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