Pregledni rad
MORALITY RENEWAL AS CORRECTIVE COMPONENT OF SOCIETY
Zdravko Šorđan
; Teološki institut, Beograd, Srbija
Sažetak
It is not always easy or simple to define man's multi-layered nature. It is connected with true changes in the human spirit, since a real and genuine turn is, indeed, internal by nature, and implies a spiritual transformation, a mental reconstruction, where the morality becomes a corrective component of an individual and society as a whole, with a view to present the spiritual side, not the sensual side. To a certain extent, it neglects the external side of the natural greatness, and is directed toward the spiritual sense. Spirituality is not an action working only from the outside, it is a force that reveals the divine in the man, because it is not only about that the necessity to modify some structures of society, but to modify individual views of the world and outlook upon life. In order to be in position to recommend a new behavioural pattern, it is necessary to bring order into our own lives. Not everything that is feasible scientifically is, at the same time, justifiable morally – an almost unbridgeable gap has opened up between technological advancement and humaneness. The intention of morality lies in the tendency to emphasize those spiritual values; in the best possible scenario, it expresses a higher interest and sensitivity for flickers of the human soul, and thus boils down to the desire to present spirituality, and not sensuality. In the hierarchy of human needs, biological needs cannot rank higher than those spiritual ones that belong to the generic human essence, since they add to its development. If we rely only on the sensual side, we will hear dissonant sobbing, as an attempt to compensate for lost moral values. Without morality, the world is superficial, and the man is not capable of spiritual ascent; without morality, everything is devoid of sense - everything is absurd.
Higher goals of life are not and cannot be only economic and social, but spiritual as well. The greatness of a nation and individuals is not measured only against material criteria and a developed mind, yet a withered soul, but also against moral values.
Ključne riječi
morality; ethics; freedom; Christianity; brotherhood; spiritual strength
Hrčak ID:
140076
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.3.2015.
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