Transformation of civil society and moral values

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Article examines civil society transformation in the context of global changes and its impact on moral values. Within rapid changes in economic, political, social spheres, civil society is becoming important topic of discussion. Evolution of this phenomenon affects political, economic aspects, value guidelines that shape new social reality. Article analyzes changes in approaches to collective responsibility, individual rights, social justice, civil initiatives, social movements role in rethinking moral norms. It examines how challenges – from globalization to digitalization – affect moral guidelines of society, forming alternative models of interaction between citizens and institutions. An analysis of changes in civil society and the moral values allows us to identify key trends in modern society and direct efforts toward solving problems, such as protecting rights and freedoms of individual, strengthening social justice, increasing responsibility for the future of planet.

Aim to i study process civil society transformation in the light of global changes and its impact on moral values. Article sets task of analyzing how changes affect moral guidelines of modern society, determine what new moral norms and values arise in response to current challenges, identify relationship between development of civil society and changes in moral values, analyze impact of globalization, digitalization, social movements and economic transformations on social norms and ethical standards, consider new forms of civic activism and their role in rethinking traditional moral guidelines, assess impact of changes on social justice, individual rights, solidarity and responsibility. Research aim is to receive deeper understanding of how moral values and civil society evolve in a rapidly changing world and how this is reflected in social reality.

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Diana M. Aghabalyan

Khachatur Abovyan Armenian state pedagogical university; University of Traditional Medicine of Armenia

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Email: dinjan@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0005-4934-7835

PhD student Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Logic named after Academician Georg Brutyan, Yerevan State Pedagogical University named after Khachatura Abovyan; Lecturer in Philosophy

Armenia, Yerevan

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