The problem of moral absolutes in the ethics of Vladimir Solov'ëv

Oleg Pugachev

pp. 207-221

in: Studies in East European Thought 48, 1996.

Abstract

Moral absolutes were perceived, by Solov'ëv, in a dual manner: a) from the side of content, of psychology, as when we speak of feelings, emotions, etc.; and b) under a formal aspect, as "ideas," i.e. logically. Neither of these can be treated without relating to moral absolutes astrue, and without a rationalbelief in their truth, a truth that cannot be logically proved. In my opinion, our time has become keenly aware of the universally human value of Vladimir Solov'ëv's ethics, of its humanist nature, oriented towards the everyday and the ideal tasks of man, and of the concrete direction of his philosophy of "practical idealism".

Cited authors

Solov'ev Vladimir