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Gauta 2002-10-15
Tæsinys. Pradþia „Logos“ Nr. 29
LORETA ANILIONYTË
Vilniaus pedagoginis universitetas
MOKSLINË MINTIS
NAUJØJØ AMÞIØ ETIKOS EMPIRISTINËS
IR METAFIZINËS ORIENTACIJOS
Empiricist and Metaphysical Orientations in the Ethics of the New Age
SUMMARY
In this part of the article, the author considers the ethical concept of Bernard Mandeville, who continues
the empiricist tradition of New Age ethics. He treats man as an egotistic being and makes him the
principle of ethical inquiries. His thesis that “private vices are public benefits” could be regarded as a
motto of his doctrine. That thesis is explained on the basis of Mandeville’s famous work “Fable on
Bees”. The paradoxical nature of this work is analyzed against the background of its social environment.
Its future influence on political economy and utilitarian ethics is also discussed.
Kodël niurna avilys
Bernardas de Mandeville’is gana
daþnai mums iðkyla tiesiog kaip „anglø
raðytojas“, kuris iðgarsëjo savo Pasakëèia
apie bites. Taèiau tai nereiðkia, kad svarbi
tik meninë ðio kûrinio vertë, o pats jos
autorius laikytinas literatu ar poetu.
Mandeville’is neabejojamai buvo filosofas
(beje, apgynæs ir filosofijos daktaro
BERNARDO DE MANDEVILLE’IO
TURTINGAS NEDORØ BIÈIØ AVILYS
disertacijà „Filosofiniai samprotavimai
apie neprotingø bûtybiø veiksmus“, kurioje
jis árodinëjo, kad gyvûnams bûdingas
elgesio automatizmas), o „raðytoju“
jis vadinamas todël, kad ta sritis, kuriai
jis nusipelnë, yra ganëtinai neapibrëþta.
Bendriausia prasme jo kûryba priskirtina
socialinei filosofijai, taèiau pastarosios
aiðkesnës diferenciacijos á atskiras
RAKTAÞODÞIAI. Etika, empirizmas, racionalizmas, naujøjø amþiø filosofija, B. Mandeville’is.
KEY WORDS. Ethics, empiricism, rationalism, New Age philosophy, Mandeville.
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