Open Access"Living in the shadow of apocalyptic roulette": Conversation with Svetozar Stojanovic
Author(s) -
Aleksandar Nikitović
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
filozofija i društvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2334-8577
pISSN - 0353-5738
DOI - 10.2298/fid1003035n
Subject(s) - shadow (psychology) , roulette , conversation , politics , epistemology , environmental ethics , sociology , philosophy , law , political science , psychology , psychoanalysis , communication , mathematics , geometry
Progress and invention of apocalyptic means have brought mankind to radically new situation of possible self-destruction. Living in a shadow of selfapocalypse rises new basic dilemmas and questions of understanding of the sense of human actions and poses as most important goal the sole existence of humankind. Could ethics as we know it today and modern political philosophy find the answer to challenges of ’apocalyptic roulette’ which humankind is facing today, or we need entirely new principles of political organization, is crucial question to which we need to find the proper answer