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SOME CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT MORAL AND ETHICAL PROBLEMS OF TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT
Authors: O. H. Alieva
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In this article, the author aims to analyze such sufficiently complex and
contradictory phenomenon as the development of technology in the modern world and its
impact on human life of the XXI century. The article deals with the interpretation of the
phenomenon of art of outstanding scientists of the twentieth century: M. Heidegger,
J. Ortega -i- Gasset, E. Toffler and others. Summarizing their scientific potential of the
author tries to develop a «panacea» to save the man's own nature, the liberation of his
consciousness from excessive «technocratization».
Since the technological revolution that took place in European culture during the
so-called New Age, human society faced with the responsible historic task - to keep their
«humanity» in the technical progress that gained momentum with each passing decade,
and at the end of the twentieth century - with each subsequent year. This problem,
unfortunately, is not resolved and still not discovered the universal panacea against too
technocratical reality. This scientific problem concerned more than one generation of
scientists and is becoming increasingly important, even more can be said - needs
immediate resolution. To overcome the alienation that is aggravated by excessive
technocratization of our world, a person must assign» technique in psychological and
social aspects by providing technical environment objects of symbolic value. This, in our
opinion, one of the most effective and painless way to reconcile humanity and technology.
The relevance of this work is caused, in particular, and such an interesting trend
that at the present stage of development in Ukraine coincided historically active process of
filling the living space of various forms of technology and the changing priorities of social
development
After systematical analysis of M. Heidegger’s, J.Ortega-i-Gasset’s, E. Toffler’s
scientific works the author came to such conclusion: steady development of science and
technology, which began in the period of the industrial type of society and is gaining more
momentum in the XXI century caused to technocratization of the human world, the
emergence of a true «cult of technology». Humanity has embraced the idea of any price to
gain unlimited power over nature, make it a source of resources. Frank technocratization
becoming more threatening rice, becomes a real threat to the spiritual life of mankind and
its psychological and even mental health. Technical progress, out-of-control rights and
subjected her life itself becomes a cause of alienation individual, causing loss of human
relationship not only with the natural world, but even with his inner «I». The trend
towards the substitution of true values by artificial ideals constant restless consumption,
utilitarian - pragmatic attitude to life scare us a lot. The most effective, in our opinion,
mean of individual self-preservation in modern conditions is limited clever use of
technology, when a person is its owner, and not regardless slave.