Abstract: Parallel observations in the works of Luciano Floridi, exploring philosophy in the digital age, and David Ulansey, studying philosophical concepts in Hellenistic cults, reveal a similarity of human experience in the face of philosophical transition. The similarities discussed by both scholars who describe the impact of ontological changes yields useful insights into individual and communal…
Abstract: In this paper, the author reflects on the concept of second-person perspective in Schopenhauer’s moral philosophy, with a special emphasis on his ethics of compassion and moral psychology. By referring to some of the pioneers who introduced the concept of second-person perspective into philosophy, the author first tries to define the terms: second-person perspective and second-person relatedness….
Abstract: This paper defends that gastronomy is a medium for artistic expression. It explores two arguments frequently used to defend that gastronomy is not an artistic medium: the problem of consumption and the asymmetry between aesthetic judgments and judgments of personal preference. The former defends that gastronomy and fine arts are fundamentally…
Abstract: The idea of human nature can be wielded to justify exploitation and domination, but drawing on the work of Noam Chomsky, Murray Bookchin and others, I argue consideration of our embodied nature can help humans thrive. The anarchist tradition encompasses people’s tendency to reject unnecessary authority, and it invokes the sociality inseparable from human…
Abstract: The aim of my paper is to provide a phenomenological outline of solidarity understood as a social phenomenon. I will defend the thesis that solidarity cannot be properly understood either as a concept, or as some institutionalized mechanism grounded in a legal-political order. It precedes and grounds such orders. Solidarity belongs to the social realm within which it can be properly understood only as an…
Abstract: This paper discusses the liberation process of Lithuanian society that led to the restoration of independence in 1991, followed by three decades of integration into Western democratic liberal economies. It focuses on the predominant emotional responses and experiences of Lithuanian society as it faced historical choices – such as participating in the constitutional referendum of 1992…
Abstract: This paper offers a Latvian perspective on the challenges faced by Latvia in its efforts to create a united society after its independence was restored in 1991. Despite corrections made to policies and the paraphrasing of the approaches, social integration in Latvian society has been evaluated as having failed. The renewed identification with democratic values has also brought along…
Abstract: The rapid development of AI technologies will bring about revolutionary changes in the labor market. When considering the possible impact of AI based technologies on the labor market it is important to consider the region-specific cultural differences in Europe, especially those differences which are relevant to understanding the attitude(s) toward work in the region in question….
Abstract: This article, written at the intersection of social philosophy and anthropology, explores a mode of self-identification found in the narratives of the older generation of Lithuania who experienced or only witnessed the coercion of an occupational regime. This mode is named the “weak identification” and prescribed to forms of resilience. It is evident in life…
Abstract: The article undertakes a critical examination of the relevance of interpreting Belarusian identity through the conceptual framework of being “in-between” East and West. In the aftermath of the 2020 protests in Belarus and the onset of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the author reevaluates Ignat Abdziralovich’s early twentieth century theory of “in-betweenness”…