HUMAN SELF-DETERMINATION IN THE MODERN WORLD: A POST-NONCLASSICAL INTERPRETATION

Abstract

The article is devoted to the scientific substantiation of the phenomenon of human self-determination through the prism of different types of rationality.Within the framework of classical science, self-determination of a person is considered as a conscious volitional act of fulfillment of a moral duty to society; non-classical science – as a result of deep reflection, internal struggle and appropriation of externally determined values; post-non-classical science – as a dynamic, dialogic and active process of defining and nurturing oneself, unfolding in a changing, fragmented, but open to cognition, comprehension and transformation of the environment. The author substantiates the action principle to the interpretation of human self-determination, which unfolds in the postnonclassical world and requires the subject to be energetically involved in the search for or creation of the meaning of his or her being. The understanding of the act of self-determination as a sequential deployment of situational, motivational, action and reflexive stages-components is deepened.The heuristic significance of the actual view of human self-determination in the context of its continuous adaptation to new socio-cultural conditions, challenges and abilities, preservation of the uniqueness, integrity and stability of value-semantic and meaningful life orientations and the possibility of active influence on the environment, its formation, design and creation is proved.The act of self-determination is defined in the context of A. V. Furman’s cyclic-action approach as a continuous closed chain of constant rethinking and redefinition of oneself in a changing environment based on internal values and meaning of life. The act of self-determination is defined in terms of cyclic dynamics, which makes it possible to construct answers to key questions of meaningful life, entails the active creation of one’s essence through the pursuit of truth, beauty, goodness and love, and requires specific actions on the way to self-realisation.