THE SOCIO-HISTORICAL CONDITIONING OF MORAL NORMS AND THE UNIVERSALITY OF COMMON HUMAN VALUES: A DIALECTICAL ANALYSIS
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https://doi.org/10.5281/Keywords:
moral norm; socio-historical conditioning; common human value; normative universality; moral relativism; dialectics; human dignity; institutional mediation; reflexive universalism.Abstract
The article analyzes the relationship between the socio-historical formation of moral norms and the claim of universal importance of universal human values from a dialectical perspective. The aim of the study is to develop a conceptual approach that does not equate universality with cultural identity, without transforming historical relativity into absolute moral relativism.
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