Karl-Otto Apel's discourse ethics as applied ethics of responsibility for ukrainian society

Abstract

The article discusses Karl-Otto Apel’s fundamental contribution to contemporary practical philosophy. It focuses on such issues as transcendental-pragmatic justification of discourse ethics, as well as applied aspects of humanity’s common responsibility. This includes application of moral norms to such social systems as science, politics, economics, environment etc. The text underlines that Apel’s communicative philosophy is gaining significant validity for contemporary Ukrainian society, in particular for modernization of its social systems, rationalization of lifeworlds and developing institutions of civil society, which is an important factor of creating contemporary identity of Ukrainians.