Andrej Siracky and the problem of ethical value

Authors
Citation
K. Kollar, Andrej Siracky and the problem of ethical value, FILOZOFIA, 56(7), 2001, pp. 452-462
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Philosiphy
Journal title
FILOZOFIA
ISSN journal
0046385X → ACNP
Volume
56
Issue
7
Year of publication
2001
Pages
452 - 462
Database
ISI
SICI code
0046-385X(2001)56:7<452:ASATPO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The paper deals with the early theoretical activity of this socially orient ed Slovak philosopher. Although his theoretical activity after World War II , after his repatriation to Czechoslovak Republic and during his political activity in this period of his life is well known, less known is his intell ectual activity in the 1920s during his studies at Prague university and af terwards. This period includes also his still unpublished work "The problem of ethic value with respect to the social and law developments of humankin d." This interdisciplinary work, in which he tried to answer the question, whether the morality is a sufficient foundation of social equality, resulte d from his studies at the Prague university.