Open AccessIndividualisation as a social-cultural process and morality
Author(s) -
Janusz Mariański
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pedagogika, studia i rozprawy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2720-1414
pISSN - 2658-1213
DOI - 10.16926/p.2020.29.01
Subject(s) - morality , moral obligation , realm , relativism , sociology , epistemology , obligation , cultural relativism , environmental ethics , secularization , subject (documents) , modernization theory , moral development , social cognitive theory of morality , personality , social psychology , psychology , law , political science , philosophy , human rights , library science , computer science
In this article, the issue of structural individualisation, which is one of the results of social modernisation, is adopted as the subject-matter. In the processes of individualisation, it is, first and foremost, the importance of an individual human being and matters relevant to their life, including the obligation to make constant choices in all the aspects of life, that is placed emphasis upon. In the aspect of values, the process of individualisation means transfer from values seen as responsibilities (related to duties) to values connected with self-fulfilment (self-development). The consequence of individualisation is the significant changes in the realm of morality: departing from traditional moral values and standards, permissivism and moral relativism, the destruction of normativity, and the secularisation of morality. On the other hand, it creates the opportunity to determine one's own moral choices and shapean autonomous moral personality.