The perception of altruism in the philosophical and ethical concept of P. A. Sorokin

The author deals with such aspects of Sorokin's theory as the correlation of the human world with the natural world, the laws of sociality and cultural norms. It is suggested that man is an integral universe in himself, a mind, a superconscious creator who creates culture. The subject of the study is the concept developed by P. A. Sorokin, drawing its ideas from the positivist theory of O. Comte, and the object is the positioning of altruism in the built integral supersystem. As a methodology, it is worth highlighting the hermeneutic method, which was used in the study of sources, the author also used the structural and functional method, which helps to identify internal interdependent relationships, through which each element or phenomenon of culture, occupying its own place, acquires a special cultural meaning, or supersense. Here we can talk about the construction of the basic normative regulations of culture, the production of cultural artifacts, as well as the creation of society as a cultural phenomenon, or the production of a "cultural person." The novelty of the research lies in the manifestation of the idea that public consent to total altruism as the dominant form of socialization will inevitably lead to the loss of the "natural right" to individual freedom and a unique human destiny. The main conclusion that can be drawn from the results of the study is that universal altruism, being one of the positivistically based practices, relies on religiously oriented technologies rooted in society when implementing "altruistic love."

altruism, altruistic love, amitology, integral society, culture, positivism, Russian cosmism, Comte, Sorokin, Fedorov