Review
of the study course program "Ethics"
prepared by M. I. Mikhailov
The overview of the program allows to make conclusion that its author made enough efforts to put forward his own concept of author's vision of the purposes and problems of the study course "Ethics". On the first view, structure of the offered study course and its contents differ from the usual stereotypes adopted in teaching practice of ethics. Nevertheless, it is necessary to welcome multiplication of efforts directed to emancipation of this discipline, having prime importance in formation of a person, from traditional interpretative stereotypes. Ethics according to these stereotypes is treated as a sum of abstract and compulsory norms of an impersonal moral.
Besides, the program of M. I. Mikhailov favorably differs from many others, embracing a rich actual material derived from the author’s Cultural Studies. It is felt, that the author is involved in scientific work and, what is even more important, in an area, where there is obvious shortage of trained experts. It is especially important now, when passion for so-called "Eastern Culture" takes on extremely inadequate forms.
I believe that it can be used after finalization as an authorial variant of the ethics sdudy course program.
Chairman of the
Council of humanitarisation
under the Ministry of education
of the Byelorussian republic,
Rector of the European Humanities University
Prof. A. A. Mikhailov.
Minsk, 25.01.1993.