Responsibility: Political, Philosophical, Legal, Moral Aspects

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of philosophical, legal, moral aspects of responsibility as a political science and at the same time general social and philosophical category. Responsibility as a political category is, first of all, considered an integral part of modern democratic government. Philosophical aspects of responsibility are comprehended by analyzing and generalizing the individual works of the philosophers of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Enlightenment. Attention is also paid to contemporary philosophical views on the category of responsibility. In general, the evolution of views on the category of responsibility is explored. Philosophical interpretations of responsibility are distinguished in the context of explaining the relations between the citizen and the state, the relationship between the citizens themselves, the role of the individual before society. To determine the legal and moral aspects of the scientific works of contemporaries. Since there is no single definition of legal responsibility in legal science, the basic views of modern scholars on the problem have been shown. The characteristics of moral responsibility are outlined. Defined as moral responsibility is combined with political responsibility. The emphasis is on the fact that the philosophical, legal, moral and political foundations of responsibility are relevant in the activity of Ukraine's own elite, since responsibility for administrative decisions, compliance with the rules of law, fulfillment of obligations are the basic for stability and efficiency of political and economic order of the state. The necessity of a deep study of the problem of political responsibility of the ruling elite of Ukraine in the process of implementation of the Association Agreement with the European Union has been determined.