G. Marcel: Philosopher’s Responsibility
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5148-2025-3-16-23
Abstract
Aim. To identify and systematize a set of ideas of the French philosopher Gabriel Marcel about the philosophers’ responsibility in the modern era.
Methodology. Based on systematic, structural and comparative methods of integral analysis of original texts, both the analysis of Marcel’s ideas and presentation the modern philosophers’ concept of responsibility in its systematic form have been compiled.
Results. The concept of philosophers’ responsibility based on Gabriel Marcel’s existential philosophy within the framework of the philosopher’s ethics in the conditions of Postmodernity is revealed.
Research implications. The compiled existential analysis concretizes ethical requirements for philosophical activity.
About the Author
F. I. GuseynovRussian Federation
Farid I. Guseynov – Cand. Sci. (Philosophy), Assoc. Prof., Department of History and Philosophy, Higher School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics; Assoc. Prof., Department of Philosophy, Bauman Moscow State Technical University; Assoc. Prof., Department of Social Philosophy, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba
Moscow
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