No 3 (2016)

The article analyses basic values and main ethical principles of the contemporary university using an example of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia. The notions of professionalism, professional duty and professional responsibility are considered as the criteria of a moral evaluation of labour activity of academics.

The article discusses the ethical and moral education of students in contemprary Russian technical universities. The author points out the need to strengthen the educational component of the higher education system. The author proposes to introduce more active in training the ethical component, which includes not only the interpretation of the students of codes of professional ethics of engineers, but also to examine the challenges of social and ethical issues related to engineering work and moral evaluation of art in general.

The article analyses the history of Humboldt’s university model and its relevance and effectiveness nowadays. Humboldt’s university model has been developed in the beginning of the 19th century by W. von Humboldt and widespread worldwide. Universities which were organized according to the model depended on a national state and interacted with it, benefiting the state’s culture and educational level of the population, developing scientific research. The model was criticizing during the 20th century, but many famous universities shared its values. B. Readings in his “University in Ruins” shows that Humboldt’s university model does not work anymore because of the decreasing influence of national states, growing significance of the global market and disappearing of national culture as phenomenon. The author argues that Humboldt’s university model has been restricted since Humboldt’s times but it is still the basic model of contemporary universities worldwide.

The article is about problem of ethical and ideological responsibility of the teacher of the humanities. The teacher, as well as any person adheres to certain values and ideological orientation, which significantly affect its activity. In this personal teacher's position, as well as his style of work have an impact on the formation of philosophical and scientific orientation of students. The question of what the teacher is correct worldview difficult enough. The authors substantiate the feasibility of the idea of a neutral ideological orientation of the teacher of the humanities in his professional activity.

The article examines the key issue of political ethics: relation between morality and policy in the context of the concept of discourse ethics. Political ethics is presented as a universal discipline, which is the element that contributes to the formation of a fundamentally new moral consciousness of the society, increase of level of political culture and democracy in the country.

The article concerns the problems of socialization of modern youth in the context of informatization of modern society and the role of higher education as one of the main factors of youth’ socialization. Today, university is a main social institution that introduces the young generation to the adult society and regulates the impact of other types of socialization. The article analyzes the interaction of the university socialization and the “digital socialization” and emphasizes their crucial intersection points.

Nietzsche and Rumi belong to two different time and spaces: one a Germen Post-modern Philosopher, the other an Afghani Middle Ages Sufi. After an introduction about both figures and methodology used here, this paper presents a detailed discussion on commonalities between Nietzsche and Rumi. The first section illustrates on the shared methodology of writings which are the rousing language, hidden ideas amid simple points, and the paradoxical teachings. The second part studies the shared fundamental concepts among these philosophers. These concepts are Anti-idolism, the intuitional knowledge, and the authenticity of person. The last section of this paper called “inspirations” explains how those shared methodology and ideas serve two aims: mutual understanding between two different philosophies as well as enhancing our comprehension of humanity.

This work is devoted to analysis of the ideas of Du Weiming and R.K. Neville, vivid representatives of the so-called Boston school of modern Confucianism. Basing on the example of “Self-Cultivation” concept philosophers attempt to apply the categories of Confucian ethics in the model of liberal education as one of the most popular and perspective ones abroad.