Место издания:University of Athens, School of Philosophy. Athens, Greek Philosophical Society & FISP Афины
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Аннотация:In today's world the growth potential of freedom with its resulting risks and responsibilities can be found in three major interrelated areas of globalization, epistemization and humanization. Our analysis is based on the idea of freedom as a personality’s value viewed as an individual self-determination towards the most valuable of all possible choices. Globalization provides a general access to collective achievements and introduces new opportunities for development at a global, personal and local level (we call this phenomenon "glocapersonalization"). Epistemization presupposes that leadership positions in society are taken by individuals with what we call «K-knowledge», i.e. knowledge and competencies that are key to the advancement of society. We maintain that to implement K-knowledge such individuals ought to possess high ethical standards. Finally, humanization is the ongoing recognition, ideologically and practically, of the priority of human dignity and the value of each and every individual. The advancement of human rights is rooted in the implementation of freedom opportunities in all the three areas but mostly agrees with humanization processes. As a result, humanization today needs developing meta-principles, embracing a variety of local value-regulatory systems. Our claim is that the umbrella meta-principles should be those of Humanity, Justice and Tolerance. Key words: value of freedom, human rights, globalization, glocapersonalization, epistemization, K-knowledge, humanization, meta principles, humanity, justice, tolerance.