Open AccessInternational Scientific Conference “XII Kant-Readings. Kant and the Ethics of the Enlightenment: Historical Foundations and Modern Significance” (Kaliningrad, April 21–25, 2019)
Author(s) -
Nina Dmitrieva,
Andrey S. Zilber,
Vadim Chalyy,
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kiselev,
Polina R. Bonadyseva
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskogo fonda fundamentalʹnyh issledovanij. gumanitarnye i obŝestvennye nauki/vestnik rffi. gumanitarnye i obŝestvennye nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-8956
pISSN - 2587-6090
DOI - 10.22204/2587-8956-2019-097-04-144-149
Subject(s) - enlightenment , philosophy , epistemology , environmental ethics , social science , sociology
The 12th Kant Readings at Academia Kantiana, Institute for the Humanities of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University focused on the ethical thought of Kant and other philosophers of the Enlightenment. The reports and discussions presented an analysis of Kant's ethical concepts, new studies of the history of ethical thought in the Enlightenment, reception of Kant's ethics and Enlightenment in the Russian and Western thinking. Special attention was paid to thematic sections on interdisciplinary issues of ethics and aesthetics, the philosophy of politics and the philosophy of education. One of the most debated topics was understanding the latest trends in sci-tech development from the point of view of ethical principles of the existence of human society. It was noted that, on the one hand, the current social and intellectual conditions form a different, compared with Kant’s era, communication environment, and on the other, the concepts of the 18th century retain the value and heuristic potential for our time and are suitable for adaptation in the process of developing strategies for “New Enlightenment”.