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Recalling Masaryk’s The Czech Question. Humanity and Politics on the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century
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SYSNO ASEP 0578200 Document Type M - Monograph Chapter R&D Document Type Monograph Chapter Title Masaryk’s Ethics Author(s) Drozenová, Wendy (FLU-F) RID, ORCID, SAI Source Title Recalling Masaryk’s The Czech Question. Humanity and Politics on the Threshold of the Twenty-First Century. - Leiden : Brill, 2023 / Svoboda J. ; Prázný A. - ISBN 978-90-04-53490-2 Pages s. 82-98 Number of pages 17 s. Number of pages 282 Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country NL - Netherlands Keywords Masaryk’s ethics ; Masaryk’s University Lectures ; Ideals of Humanity ; Masaryk’s critique of Marxism ; equality of women ; equality of nations Subject RIV AA - Philosophy ; Religion OECD category Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology Institutional support FLU-F - RVO:67985955 UT WOS 001167039600006 DOI https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004534919_007 Annotation 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. Workplace Institute of Philosophy Contact Chlumská Simona, chlumska@flu.cas.cz ; Tichá Zuzana, asep@flu.cas.cz Tel: 221 183 360 Year of Publishing 2024 Electronic address https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004534919_007
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