Manouchehr Shaminezhad DOI: 10.5782/2223-2621.2022.25.3.5 Full Article Abstract Moral constructivism is a metaethical view of the nature of truth and moral truths and characteristics. From the constructivist point of view, morality is subjective and dependent on human beliefs. In the view of constructivists, moral truths exist, but the existence of these truths arises from human…
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Heroism in the Age of Consumerism: The Emergence of a Moral Don Quixote in John Updike’s “A & P”
Zakarya Bezdoode, Eshaq Bezdoode DOI: 10.5782/2223-2621.2020.23.3.75 Full Article Abstract This paper analyzes John Updike’s short story “A & P” in the light of Max Weber’s notion of moral decision-making. A prominent contemporary American story-writer and literary critic, Updike has devoted his fiction to subjects’ rational and moral problems in the contemporary consumerist society. Updike’s lifelong…
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Saadat Novruzova (Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan) 1. RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE PERIOD OF ANTIC CIVILIZATION In the ancient world, in the epoch when statehood and politico-legal ideas began to evolve, all myths heavily overwhelmed culture and life of people. The myths were primarily reflected in the concepts of world rule, truth and justice, necessity…