Public Morality as a Mental, Social and Determinative Phenomenon: Neuroethical Aspects

Nadiia SKRYPNYK, Valentina SINELNIKOVA, Sviatoslav OVCHARENKO, Tetyana SHNURENKO, Andriy IVANISH, Pelaheia PAVLIUCHENKO

Abstract


Under the conditions of a rich transformation of the Ukrainian society the national morality’s problem acquires contradictions in today's information society, therefore interaction researches of its aspects in social regulation have always been and are important. Present-day neuroethics is formed as an academic disciplinary, asserting to be a variety of overlay ethical issues, apologetic and morality by the natural models established on new neurobiology’s notes and cognizable sciences.

The aim of the article is to explore the essence of folk morality as a mental, social and determinative phenomenon, its neuroethical aspects particularly.

In previous eras, education aimed to instill personal virtues and shape character, so ideas about moral life are in all cultures over time.

In centuries-old religious teaching, the commandments have been used as the basis for moral behavior. They were given by God Moses himself on Mount Sinai after a forty-day conversation.

In today’s philosophy, where the ideals of democracy, for example, embrace the fundamental concepts of freedom, equality, respect and dignity for all, people have the right to determine for themselves what moral life is. Such a conversation covers different points of view among observers and scholars who think deeply about these issues. Therefore, folk morality has become the subject of our study, because it is not just a basic model to follow, but fundamental.


Keywords


Morality; neuroethics; human excellence; ontology; neuroscience

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